Africa
Chad sentences 10 Boko Haram members to death
Chad, a leading country in a military task force against Boko Haram, has sentenced 10 members of the Islamist militants to death ...Sudan arrests 17 opposition activists amid dialogue call
Sudan\'s security forces have arrested at least 17 opposition activists this month, Human Rights Watch said Friday, as President Omar al-Bashir urges ...Hundreds feared dead as migrant boats capsize off Libyan coast
A boat packed with mainly African migrants bound for Italy sank off the Libyan coast on Thursday and officials said up to ...South Sudan signs peace deal with rebels
South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Wednesday signed a peace deal with rebels, more than 20 months after the start of fighting ...Spain, Morocco arrest 14 suspected of recruiting for IS
Spain and Morocco arrested fourteen people on Tuesday suspected of recruiting fighters to join Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq, the Spanish ...US, Britain push for UN sanctions on South Sudan
The United States and Britain pushed for UN sanctions Tuesday to punish South Sudan\'s government over failure to sign a peace deal ...Boko Haram raids Nigerian village, at least 150 dead
Up to 150 people drowned in a river or were shot dead fleeing Boko Haram gunmen who raided a remote village in ...South Sudan rivals hold peace talks on deadline day
South Sudan\'s warring rivals held peace talks Monday in a bid to broker a deal to end its civil war, hours ahead ...At least 40 migrants die in Mediterranean
At least 40 migrants died after apparently getting trapped and suffocating in the water-logged hold of a fishing boat in the Mediterranean, ...South Sudan government suspends peace talks after rebel split
South Sudan\'s government said Friday it was pulling out of peace talks to end a 20-month long civil war after rebel forces ...




