Africa
Burkina army enters capital as coup leaders free president, PM
Burkina Faso army troops have entered the capital Ouagadougou without resistance and begun negotiating the surrender of coup leaders, police said Tuesday, ...Burkina Faso coup leader says he will hand back power
Burkina Faso\'s coup leader General Gilbert Diendere on Monday insisted he would abide by a regional mediation proposal to end the crisis ...South African police arrest man after finding female genitalia in freezer
A Danish gun store owner found with 21 pieces of female genitals stored in his home freezer has been detained and will ...Mediators announce deal to end Burkina coup crisis
Regional mediators seeking to peacefully roll back a military coup in Burkina Faso said they negotiated a draft deal on Sunday to ...Yemen rebels free US, Saudi, British hostages
Shiite rebels in Yemen released two Americans, two Saudis and a Briton on Sunday after detaining them for around six months, Yemeni ...African Union suspends Burkina Faso over military coup
The African Union announced Friday it was suspending Burkina Faso over Thursday\'s military coup, which has halted preparations for the west African ...At least 85 killed in South Sudan oil tanker explosion
At least 85 people were killed in South Sudan when an oil tanker that had crashed exploded as people were scooping up ...Mozambique declared free of landmines
Mozambique\'s government announced Thursday that the country was free from the threat of landmines more than 20 years after its civil war ...Burkina Faso military confirms coup and dissolves government
Burkina Faso\'s military said on Thursday it had stripped interim President Michel Kafando of his functions and dissolved the government, seizing power ...New human species found in South African cave
The fossilised bones of 15 members of a previously unknown branch of the human family tree have been discovered in a cave ...