Africa
Pressuring junta, France suspends joint military operations with Malian forces
France said on Thursday it was suspending its joint military operations with local troops in Mali as part of efforts to pressure ...Western Sahara independence leader lands in Algiers amid diplomatic row
The leader of the Western Sahara independence movement, Brahim Ghali, landed in Algiers early on Wednesday after his hospitalization in Spain for ...Over 90% in Ethiopia’s Tigray need emergency food aid: UN
More than 90 percent of people in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region need emergency food aid, the United Nations said Tuesday, as it ...France’s Macron asks Rwanda for forgiveness over genocide
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday recognised his country’s role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, from backing a genocidal regime to ...Mali in turmoil after army detains leaders
Mali was in turmoil Tuesday after disgruntled army officers detained the president and the prime minister, sparking fears of a coup less ...DR Congo’s Nyiragongo volcano erupts sparking panic
Mount Nyiragongo volcano erupted on Saturday, spewing red fumes into the night sky over the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of ...Nigeria’s army chief, 10 others killed in plane crash
Nigeria’s top-ranking army commander Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and other officers were killed on Friday when their plane crashed in bad weather ...Uganda army to join Congo in offensive against Islamist rebels
The Ugandan and Congo armies are setting up an operations centre in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo for a joint ...DR Congo declares end of Ebola outbreak
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that infected 12 people in the eastern province ...Nigeria kidnap kingpin killed in clash with rival gang
A Nigerian bandit chief who led the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolchildren has been killed in armed clashes with a rival gang, ...














