Africa
France and allies to withdraw troops from Mali
France and military allies said on Thursday they would leave Mali after almost a decade based there fighting Islamist insurgents around West ...Two protesters killed as thousands rally against Sudan coup
At least two protesters were shot dead as security forces confronted crowds marching in Sudan on Monday demanding the release of prisoners ...South Sudan risks return to war, UN warns
South Sudan risks a return to war, the United Nations warned Friday, with outbreaks of interethnic violence and political infighting threatening to ...Burkina Faso junta chief declared president
Burkina Faso’s new military strongman, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has been declared president by the country’s top constitutional body after a coup last ...Libyan Prime Minister survives assassination attempt
Assailants struck Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah’s car with bullets early on Thursday but he escaped unharmed, a source close to him ...Moroccan boy trapped in well dies before rescue
A small boy trapped in a well in northern Moroccan for five days died before rescuers were able to reach him late ...Moroccan rescuers edge closer to child trapped in well
Moroccan rescue workers on Friday came closer to reaching a young child trapped at the bottom of a well in a delicate ...UN head calls for ‘Olympic’ truce in Ethiopia
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged Tuesday for all parties in the Ethiopian conflict to implement a truce to mark the Olympic ...African Union suspends Burkina Faso after military coup
The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso from all its activities in response to last week’s military coup, effective until constitutional order ...Jihadist threat stirs anti-Fulani hostility in Ivory Coast
Jihadist attacks in northern Ivory Coast have ramped up hostility towards the Fulani, a mainly Muslim ethnic group that some accuse of ...














