BAMAKO, Mali: Military in Mali has detained the president and prime minister of the interim government, deepening political chaos in the country just nine months...
KHARTOUM: Seven protestor were killed by security forces after tens of thousands of demonstrators demanding the ruling generals to hand over power to a civilian-led...
WASHINGTON (AFP): The African Union is involved in intensifying efforts to find more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram two months ago, its...
Addis Ababa: The African Union readmitted Mali after suspending it from the pan-African bloc following a coup in March, and backed plans for authorities there...
New York: The United Nations Security Council has released $US1.5 billion of clutched Libyan assets to be used for emergency support after the United States...
Abyei: The number of people displaced from Sudan’s disputed Abyei region after its seizure by northern troops has reached 150,000, a southern minister says. “The...
Tripoli: Nato has launched a fourth night of airstrikes on Tripoli, leaving smoke rising from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s compound where five loud blasts were...
Mogadishu: Brutal clashes between Somali government troops, backed by African Union, and al-Shabab fighters in Mogadishu, leaving at least 35 people killed....