Africa
Somali presidential HQ attacked by al-Shabab
Armed men have attacked the presidential palace in Somalia - but it appears that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was not harmed.UN chief wants more troops to end C. Africa bloodshed
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is asking the Security Council to quickly send at least 3,000 more troops to the Central African ...Scores feared dead as Boko Haram strikes northern Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed more than 100 people in an attack on a village in Nigeria. The attackers stormed the ...Venezuela political tensions rise amid protests, clashes
Violence has broken out between police and anti-government protesters as both supporters and opponents of Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela\'s president, staged duelling rallies ...France sends additional troops to Central African Republic
France has announced plans to increase its 1,600-strong military deployment in the Central African Republic by sending an additional 400 soldiers, as ...Nigeria militants kill dozens in Borno state attack
Boko Haram fighters have killed 39 people and razed scores of homes when they stormed two villages in northeast Nigeria, firing indiscriminately ...Scores feared dead in Algeria plane crash
An Algerian military aircraft crashed in the east of the country on Tuesday killing all 103 people on board, an Algerian security ...Woman will sue to prove Mandela is her father
Two women who say they were fathered by South Africa\'s former President Nelson Mandela have sought to be acknowledged by his estate, ...Ex-Congolese warlord faces war crimes charges at international court
Former Congolese general Bosco Ntaganda appears Monday at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, where he is charged with murder, rape ...Libya destroys chemical weapons from Gaddafi era
Libya\'s foreign minister says the country has destroyed its last known stash of chemical weapons from the era of dictator Moammar Gadhafi.




