Witnesses in Somalia’s Gedo region said al-Shabab militants attacked an African Union military base yesterday near the town of El-Adde, about 60 kilometers south of the regional capital, Garbaharey. What was believed to have...
A spokeswoman for the “Bring Back Our Girls” movement in Nigeria has again said it is the duty of the Nigerian government to rescue the Chibok girls from Boko Haram captivity, regardless which political...
An official in Sierra Leone said a corpse has tested positive for the Ebola virus, just a day after the World Health Organization declared an end to the outbreak in West Africa. The...
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON Regional political leaders in Cameroon are urging citizens to be vigilant following an attack Wednesday on a mosque that killed at least 12 people — the latest in a series of attacks...
GENEVA The World Health Organization has said the most recent outbreak of Ebola in Liberia is over, bringing the number of cases in West Africa down to zero for the first time since the...
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the deadly suicide bombing in Cameroon’s Kouyape village Wednesday and called for a “comprehensive approach” to preventing terrorism. Wednesday’s blast at a mosque killed at least...
A suicide bomber killed 12 people in northern Cameroon on today when he blew himself up at a mosque during morning prayers. Officials say the early morning attack occurred in Kouyape, a village near...
MONROVIA This week, Liberia could be declared Ebola-free for the third time. But as some Liberians prepare to celebrate what they hope is finally the end of the outbreak, many of the men and...
KHARTOUM, SUDAN Six people have been killed in three days of unrest in Sudan’s Darfur region, a local official said Monday, as a joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission to the area urged the government...
GOMA, DRC A Democratic Republic of Congo official says the country is taking seriously allegations that several of its soldiers deployed as peacekeepers in the Central African Republic committed rape. The United Nations says...
