Africa
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 ...Cameroon stadium stampede kills at least eight, government says
At least eight fans died and 38 people were injured in a stampede at the Yaounde Olembe Stadium in Cameroon on Monday ...Burkina Faso President Kabore detained at military camp
Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore has been detained at a military camp by mutinying soldiers, two security sources and a West African ...Heavy gunfire reported at Burkina Faso military base
Heavy gunfire rang out at a military base in Burkina Faso’s capital early Sunday, prompting fears that a coup attempt was underway ...At least 17 dead after explosion in Ghana mining region
At least 17 people were killed and 59 injured in an explosion in western Ghana when a truck carrying explosives to a ...Rwandans ‘flee’ to DR Congo over vaccine rules
Around a hundred Rwandans have crossed into DR Congo in recent days, saying they are fleeing the country’s Covid-19 vaccination rules, local ...U.N. starts talks in Sudan to resolve post-coup crisis
The United Nations said it was starting consultations in Sudan on Monday to try to salvage the country’s move to democracy after ...














