Category : International News

Niger’s defence ministry says 29 soldiers have been killed in an assault by suspected jihadists in the west of the country. It’s the deadliest such...

Nine people are reported to have been killed and some 20 others trapped after a church roof collapsed in Mexico. Local media said 49 people...

More than 450 were killed and injured from the wedding fire in Nineveh Province in Iraq. This was confirmed by the Iraqi Red Crescent Society....

Democratic Republic of Congo President Félix Tshisekedi has called for a speedier withdrawal of the UN force in his country to begin this year. He...

A bill establishing the path for long-awaited nationwide elections in South Sudan has sparked a protest in parliament. A faction of the country’s governing party...

The Congo-Brazzaville government has denied reports of a coup attempt against President Denis Nguesso, who has been in power for 39 years. It follows unconfirmed...

Bodies recovered from a devastating flood which wiped out parts of the port city of Derna in eastern Libya have been buried in mass graves....

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ director for the region has said the emergency response to Friday’s earthquake is now into...

Islamist militants have attacked a river boat in north-eastern Mali, killing at least 49 civilians. They also reportedly attacked an army camp, killing 15 soldiers,...

Gabon’s military leader Gen Brice Oligui Nguema has met the opposition candidate Albert Ondo Ossa as part of consultations on rebuilding the country. Mr Ossa...