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In northern Burkina Faso, reports have begun to emerge of a kidnapping that took place late last week near the town of Arbinda, in a part of the Sahel under jihadist control. Around 50 women were snatched as they gathered fruits and plants in the bush…
Islamist militants kidnapped around 50 women in Burkina Faso’s northern province of Soum on January 12 and 13, the government said in a statement on Monday, confirming earlier reports in the media.
At least 10 people were killed and 39 injured on Sunday in a bomb attack on a church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The terrorist action has since been claimed by Islamic State jihadists.
Imprisonment of Ihsane el-Kadi, a longstanding government critic, prompted outcry from human rights groupsThe daughter of the prominent Algerian journalist Ihsane el-Kadi has called for his immediate release from detention in a notorious prison followi…
Many of the women had been picking fruit ‘because there is nothing left to eat’ as long-running insurgency hits food supplies Suspected jihadists have abducted about 50 women in insurgency-wracked northern Burkina Faso, local officials and residents sa…
An Egyptian court on Sunday handed down life prison sentences to 38 people, including a self-exiled businessman whose social media posts helped to spark anti-government protests.
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army said on Sunday that an explosive device had detonated in a church in North Kivu province, without giving details about the number of casualties.
Hundreds of Tunisians marched Saturday after opponents of President Kais Saied called for protests over a worsening economic crisis.
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang has said Africa should have a greater voice in the UN Security Council and other international bodies, something the continent’s leaders have long called for. The diplomat is on a week-long tour of five African countr…
Demonstrators on Saturday demanded Kais Saied step down as they marked the anniversary of 2011 revolutionThousands of protesters in central Tunis have marched against the seizure of near total power by the Tunisian president, Kais Saied, demanding he s…