Africa
Libya’s Derna bombarded again: Witnesses
Warplanes have reportedly launched airstrikes on the Libyan city of Derna, days after Egyptian jets pounded alleged terrorist training camps in the city. According to the…
Africa
Moroccans rally against police hunt for activist
Hundreds of Moroccans have taken to the streets in the northern city of al-Hoceima to protest a police hunt for an activist leader and the arrest…
Africa
Somali minister ‘mistakenly!!!’ shot dead by government forces in Mogadishu
Somalia’s minister of public works and reconstruction, Abbas Abdullahi Siraji, was killed in Mogadishu in what was apparently an accidental shooting, government and police sources say.…
Africa
Photos- Nigerians Demand Release of Sheikh Zakzaky
Hundreds of Nigerians in Yola protested against detention of the Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Ibrahim Zakzaki and demanded his release.
Africa
Nigerians Take to the Streets to Mark 500 Days of Sheikh Zakzaky’s Detention
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) on Wednesday, April 26, occupied the streets of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city to mark the 500 days in…
Africa
Egypt arrests 13 on suspicion of planning attacks on Christians, police
Egyptian officials have arrested 13 people suspected of planning attacks on the country’s minority Christians as well as security forces. Egypt's Interior Ministry said in a…
Africa
Rescue operations continue in Sri Lanka dump collapse
Rescuers were digging Monday through heaps of mud and trash that collapsed onto a clutch of homes near a Sri Lankan garbage dump, killing at least…
Africa
Libya’s GNA urges foreign intervention to end clashes in south
Officials from Libya’s government have called on the international community to intervene in the country amid fears that fighting in the neglected south could escalate. Fayez…
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 that drew alarm from Washington and international…
Africa
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 between rival parties and a political stalemate…
Africa
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 on the brink of famine in Nigeria,…
Africa
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 and three police dead, a security source…