Suspected jihadists have ambushed and killed 13 soldiers in Burkina Faso’s eastern province, security sources…
Africa
Somalia’s president says at least 100 killed in car bombings
Somalia’s president says at least 100 people were killed in Saturday’s two car bombings at…
Africa’s longest oil pipeline takes shape in Niger
Chinese and Nigerien workers haul giant steel pipes over mounds of earth as heavily armed…
Burundi declares border with Rwanda open again after years
Burundi’s foreign affairs minister has officially declared that the border between the East African country…
Ethiopia peace talks set to start in South Africa
Delegations to African Union-mediated peace talks on the war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region meet in…
Uganda confirms 9 more ebola cases, urges vigilance
Ugandan health minister on Monday said nine more ebola cases had been confirmed in the…
23k people fled DRC amid violence in north east – UN
Some 23,000 people have fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since renewed fighting…
New October date set for talks in Ethiopia’s Tigray war
The African Union has scheduled peace talks to resolve Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict for Oct. 24,…
Chad declares state of emergency as floods affect 1 million
Chad’s President Mahamat Idriss Deby has declared a state of emergency over flooding that is…
Ethiopia civil war: Federal army seizes Shire and two other Tigray towns
Ethiopia says its soldiers have seized three towns in the northern Tigray region from forces…