Africa
Kidnapped UN experts in DR Congo found dead
Two foreign UN contractors who were kidnapped in DR Congo have been found dead, one of them decapitated, the government said Tuesday, as spiraling violence in…
Africa
Former South Sudanese general forms anti-government rebel group
A former South Sudanese army general, who resigned last month, has formed a new anti-government rebel group, pledging to topple President Salva Kiir. Lieutenant General Thomas…
Africa
Eight killed, 28 injured in Zambia crush
A human crush at a religious function in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, has left at least eight people dead and 28 others injured. The incident took place…
Africa
Tunisia hands ex-ruler new jail term for corruption
A court in Tunisia has sentenced the country’s ousted dictator, Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, and his wife to 10 years in prison for corruption. Ben Ali…
Africa
Gunmen kill five policemen in Sinai: Report
Suspected militants in Egypt’s North Sinai Province have killed five off-duty security forces, a report says. Egyptian Rassad news outlet reported that the killings took place…
Africa
Gambia’s Jammeh ‘emptied coffers’ before leaving
The Gambia’s former president Yahya Jammeh, who caused a political crisis in the African country before finally going into exile, has emptied the government’s treasury, plundering…
Africa
Gambia political settlement positive for West Africa: Analyst
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has accepted to step down from power in order to stop military invasion of his country by West African forces. The regional…
Africa
Ivory Coast clinches deal with mutinous soldiers
A deal has been reached between the Ivory Coast’s government and the mutinous troops, days after a group of dissident army soldiers took over army bases…
Africa
Prominent Cleric: Sheikh Zakzaki, ambassador of peace in Nigeria
Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Abbas Ka’abi, representative of Khouzestan Province in the Assembly of Experts met with a group of Shia scholars from Nigeria denouncing heinous acts…
Africa
Israel likely behind murder of Hamas-linked ex-pilot: Tunisia
Tunisia says the Tel Aviv regime is suspected of being behind the recent assassination of Mohamed Zaouari, an aviation engineer with reported ties to the Gaza-based…
Africa
I Will Never Betray Sheikh Zakzaky: Nigerian Pastor
In a continuous show of hospitality and compassionate by Christians of conscience in Kaduna and its environs, Pastor Yohanna D. Buru of evangelical Church, S/Tasha Kaduna,…
Africa
Israeli reporter offers proof of Mossad killing Tunisian drone expert
An Israeli investigative reporter has offered proof that a Tunisian drone expert who worked for the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas was killed by Mossad. Following a…