The United Nations Security Council is set to open the door to an easing of the arms embargo on the Central African Republic five years after the country...
An opposition presidential candidate in the Democratic Republic of Congo has filed an appeal against the result of last month’s election. Martin Fayulu insists he won...
Scientists have found the most likely source of Yemen’s cholera epidemic, which is the worst in recorded history. Using genomic sequencing, researchers at the Wellcome Sanger...
Thirteen civilians have been killed in ethnic violence in central Burkina Faso, the government said on Wednesday, echoing a rise in inter-communal conflicts in neighbouring Mali....
A roadside blast has killed four people – three Vietnamese tourists and a local tour guide – and injured 12 others on a bus near the...
Two Scandinavian women tourists have been found dead in Morocco with cuts to their necks, the country’s interior ministry said. Both bodies were found near the...
Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to a ceasefire in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said in Sweden. Guterres...
Suicide attackers set off two car bombs at a hotel near the headquarters of Somalia’s Criminal Investigations Department in Mogadishu Friday, killing at least 17, police...
Coptic Christians have gathered in Egypt to take part in the funerals of a group of pilgrims killed by gunmen as they headed to a monastery...
US defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have both called for a swift ceasefire in Yemen. Mr Mattis said the US wanted...
