Africa

Court acquits US-Egyptian in charity abuse case

  A court in Cairo on Sunday acquitted a US-Egyptian charity worker imprisoned for nearly three years in a case…

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UN chief warns of Libya risking return to wide conflict

  UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warns that Libya faces a risk of relapsing into chaos amid renewed military confrontations…

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Nigeria on brink of famine amid lack of aid funds

  The United Nations’ World Food Program could in a few weeks run out of funding to feed millions living…

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Four dead in army, police clashes in Nigeria

  A bloody clash between the army and police in Nigeria’s restive northeastern Yobe State on Wednesday left one soldier…

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Kidnapped UN experts in DR Congo found dead

  Two foreign UN contractors who were kidnapped in DR Congo have been found dead, one of them decapitated, the…

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Former South Sudanese general forms anti-government rebel group

  A former South Sudanese army general, who resigned last month, has formed a new anti-government rebel group, pledging to…

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Eight killed, 28 injured in Zambia crush

  A human crush at a religious function in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, has left at least eight people dead and…

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Tunisia hands ex-ruler new jail term for corruption

  A court in Tunisia has sentenced the country’s ousted dictator, Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, and his wife to 10…

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Gunmen kill five policemen in Sinai: Report

  Suspected militants in Egypt’s North Sinai Province have killed five off-duty security forces, a report says. Egyptian Rassad news…

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Gambia’s Jammeh ‘emptied coffers’ before leaving

  The Gambia’s former president Yahya Jammeh, who caused a political crisis in the African country before finally going into…

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Gambia political settlement positive for West Africa: Analyst

  Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has accepted to step down from power in order to stop military invasion of his…

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Ivory Coast clinches deal with mutinous soldiers

  A deal has been reached between the Ivory Coast’s government and the mutinous troops, days after a group of dissident…

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