Africa
Islamist militants attack African military base in Mali, at least six dead
Islamist militants armed with rockets and explosives raided the headquarters of an African military taskforce in central Mali, leaving at least six ...86 killed in central Nigeria as farmers, herders clash
Muslim herders and Christian farmers, with one report citing police saying 86 people were killed. The growing conflict by some accounts has ...Ivory Coast govt calls for evacuation from flood zones in Abidjan
Ivory Coast\'s government on Thursday called for the evacuation of all people living in flood-prone zones in Abidjan, the country\'s economic hub, ...South African power outages enter second day as workers protest
South Africa suffered power outages for a second day on Friday as workers protested over wages at national electricity provider Eskom, in ...Five new Ebola cases in DR Congo
Health authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo said Saturday they had detected five fresh suspected cases of Ebola in the deadly outbreak ...DRCongo reports 3 new Ebola cases
Three new Ebola cases have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo\'s sprawling northwest taking the number of suspected infections to ...UN says 160,000 anglophone Cameroonians fled violence since 2016
Some 160,000 people have fled their homes in Cameroon\'s English-speaking regions because of violence between anglophone separatists and government forces, the United ...Nigeria says will prevent Ebola spread from DR Congo
The Nigerian government on Wednesday said it was acting to prevent the spread of Ebola from Democratic Republic of Congo where an ...Suspected jihadists kill over 30 Tuaregs in Mali
Suspected jihadists killed more than 30 Tuaregs, including women and children, on Mali\’s northeastern border with Niger, several sources said Saturday as ...Madagascar leader urges end to unrest amid protests over deaths
Madagascar\'s president on Monday demanded an end to unrest he said was intended to divide the country after two demonstrators were killed ...