Africa
Benin army suffers heavy losses in northern attack
By Pulcherie Adjoha Reuters Benin’s armed forces have suffered heavy losses in an attack on one of their most well-equipped positions in ...Mali rebels say army, Russian fighters killed nine civilians in car attack
Nine civilians including women and children were killed in an attack on a vehicle in Mali’s Segou region last week, a civil ...World welcomes 2025 with fireworks and light shows
South Korea holds muted New Year events after plane crashpublished New Year celebrations in South Korea have been cancelled or scaled back ...Mozambicans flee to neighbouring Malawi amid post-election unrest
More than 2,000 Mozambican families have sought refuge in Malawi this week, Malawian authorities said, as dozens of people were reported killed ...Mozambique prison riot kills 33 as civil unrest grips the country
A prison riot in Mozambique’s capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country’s police general commander Bernardino Rafael said ...Cyclone Chido death toll rises to 94 in Mozambique
Cyclone Chido killed at least 94 people in Mozambique in its deadly rampage through the Indian Ocean last week, the country’s disaster ...Over 20 civilians killed in central Mali village attacks
Suspected jihadists killed more than 20 people in a string of attacks on villages in central Mali’s insurgency-hit Mopti region on Friday, two local ...Angry residents of cyclone-hit Mayotte jeer Macron, plead for water
By Tassilo Hummel Reuters Angry residents of a Mayotte neighbourhood damaged by Cyclone Chido heckled French President Emmanuel Macron when he toured ...France rushes supplies to Mayotte, still reeling from deadly cyclone
By Tassilo Hummel Reuters France ramped up its relief operations to its cyclone-devastated overseas territory of Mayotte, with 120 tonnes of food ...Race against time for rescuers as hundreds feared dead in Mayotte
By Jeromine DOUX with Sylvie MALIGORNE in Paris AFP Rescuers raced against time Monday to reach survivors after a devastating cyclone ripped ...














