PARIS (AP) — France’s defense ministry announced Monday it had carried out its first armed drone strike, killing seven Islamic extremists in central Mali over the weekend. France joins a… Read more »
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Assaya Ngweba says Islamic extremists transformed his once-peaceful village in Burkina Faso, near the border with Mali, into “a place of misfortune and death.” Now the… Read more »
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Two Ebola patients who were treated with new drugs in the city of Goma in eastern Congo have been declared “cured” and returned to their home…. Read more »
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Mozambique’s president and the leader of the country’s main opposition group signed a new peace accord Tuesday, pledging to end years of violence and facilitate elections in… Read more »
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese soldiers and police will enforce hand-washing and fever checks now that the deadly Ebola outbreak has been declared an international health emergency , authorities said… Read more »
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Islamic extremists blew up the gate of a Somali hotel with a car bomb and took over the building for more than 14 hours, leaving 26… Read more »
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Prominent Algerians from various walks of life tried Saturday to craft a plan to pull their country out of political crisis and prepare for a presidential… Read more »
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress on Saturday marked its lowest margin victory in national elections in a quarter-century, while President Cyril Ramaphosa declared that… Read more »
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian protesters rejected the interim leader named Tuesday to replace former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, shouting “out with the system” as they demonstrated for the dismantling of… Read more »
Feb 11, 2019 1700 GMT | Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 parked at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | A Boeing 737 MAX jetliner crashed a day before which… Read more »
