Africa
Togo soldiers break up protests against longtime leader
Soldiers in Togo used tear gas and batons on Thursday to disperse hundreds of protesters who blocked main roads in the capital ...Gunmen kill 17 soldiers in northern Nigeria attacks
At least 17 soldiers were killed in northern Nigeria when gunmen stormed three army bases, security sources and a local official said ...Kenyans brace for protests one year after storming parliament
Kenyans are expected to take to the streets in large numbers on Wednesday to mark the one-year anniversary of anti-government protests that ...Armed men in western Niger kill 34 soldiers and wound 14, authorities say
By MONIKA PRONCZUK AP Armed men killed 34 soldiers and wounded 14 others in western Niger near the tri-state border with Mali ...Rwanda, DRC initial peace agreement ahead of signing next week
By Daphne Psaledakis, Ange Kasongo and Anait Miridzhanian Reuters Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo technical teams initialed a draft peace agreement ...Charred bodies, shattered lives after gunmen kill 100 in Nigeria
By Abraham Achirga Reuters The gunmen attacked after dark and chased farmer Fidelis Adidi away from the central Nigerian village of Yelwata. The next ...Gunmen kill at least 100 people in Nigeria’s Benue state
At least 100 people have been killed in an attack by gunmen on a village in Nigeria’s central Benue state, Amnesty International ...Death toll in flood-hit South African province rises to 49
The death toll from floods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has risen to 49, the head of the province said on ...Sudanese army accuses Libya’s Haftar forces of border attack
The Sudanese army accused forces under eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar of attacking border posts on Tuesday, the first time it ...Rwanda quits Central African bloc in dispute with Congo
Rwanda has said it would withdraw from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), underscoring diplomatic tensions in the region over ...














