Africa
Migrant boat travelling to Italy capsizes off Libya killing 400
About 400 migrants died in a shipwreck after leaving Libya in an attempt to reach Italy, Save the Children reported on Tuesday, ...Nigeria marks first anniversary of Boko Haram schoolgirl kidnappings
Nigeria\'s president-elect Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday cautioned he could not make promises on the return of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram, ...Fresh aid reaches Yemen capital as clashes rage in south
The Red Cross on Saturday delivered a second planeload of aid to war-battered Yemen in as many days, as the Saudi-led coalition ...71 Chadian soldiers killed fighting Boko Haram militants
Seventy-one Chadian soldiers have been killed and 416 injured in two-and-a-half months\' fighting Boko Haram, the Chadian army said on Friday.International pressure mounts to end South Sudan war
Heavyweight international powers will pressure South Sudan\'s leaders to end civil war, diplomats said Thursday, with the African Union, United Nations, United ...Kenya bombs al-Shabaab camps in Somalia
The Kenyan air force has bombed two al Shabaab camps in Somalia, a defense force source said on Monday, in the first ...French forces rescue hostage in Mali detained since 2011
French forces have freed a Dutch man held hostage in Mali since 2011 by al Qaeda\'s north African arm, the French defense ...Israel PM Netanyahu presses US to seek better deal on Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the United States on Sunday to seek a better deal to curb Iran\'s nuclear program and ...Somali militants threaten more bloody attacks against Kenya
Somali militants vowed on Saturday to wage a long war against Kenya and run its cities "red with blood" after the group\'s ...Gunmen storm Kenyan university in Garissa, death toll at 15
At least 15 people were killed and scores wounded on Thursday when masked gunmen stormed a university campus near Kenya\'s border with ...




