Mali
Former MP was one of the Somalia suicide bombers that killed 13
A former Islamist MP turned al Shabaab militant was one of the drivers in Tuesday’s double car bomb attack on the African Union’s main peacekeeping...
12 dead as twin blasts and gunfire rock Mogadishu hotel
At least 12 people were killed and 25 injured Friday as twin blasts and gunfire rocked a hotel and neighbouring park in central Mogadishu, police said,...
Rocket attack on UN peacekeeping base in Mali leaves three dead
Gunmen fired rockets in an attack on a base for UN peacekeepers in Mali, leaving three people dead. Up to five rockets landed inside the base in...
‘Dozens feared dead’ after gunmen go on shooting rampage at luxury hotel
Dozens of hostages are feared dead after gunmen rampaged through a five-star hotel in Mali.
30 hostages freed after gunmen go on shooting rampage at luxury hotel
Dozens of hostages trapped by gunmen who rampaged through a five-star hotel have been freed by special forces in Mali.
80 hostages freed after gunmen go on shooting rampage at five-star hotel
Dozens of hostages trapped by gunmen who rampaged through a five-star hotel have been freed by special forces in Mali.
Gunmen take dozens of hostages in shooting rampage at five-star hotel
Gunmen have attacked a five-star hotel and taken dozens of people hostage in Mali’s capital Bamako.
Iraqi panel finds former PM Maliki responsible for fall of Mosul to IS
An Iraqi parliamentary panel has held former prime minister Nuri al-Maliki and dozens of military leaders directly responsible for the fall of the country’s...
Four hostages freed but 13 left dead as Mali hotel siege brought to an end
At least 13 people are thought to have been killed, including five UN workers, in a hostage siege at a hotel in the central Malian town of Sevare. A...
Four hostages freed but 12 left dead as Mali hotel siege brought to an end
Four hostages have been freed from a hotel in central Mali after a standoff with Islamic extremists that left 12 people dead. Mali’s defence...
Suspected Islamists kill seven and take hostages in Mali hotel
Several hostages, including a number of foreigners, were caught in a standoff in central Mali Friday after gunmen stormed a hotel during a shootout with...
Suspected Islamists kill seven, take hostages in Mali hotel
Several hostages, including a number of foreigners, were caught in a standoff in central Mali Friday after gunmen stormed a hotel during a shootout with...
Extremists storm AU base in Somalia, leaving many dead
Islamic militants from the Al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group attacked a remote African Union base in Somalia on Friday, causing many casualties, the AU mission...
Kenyan offers 50 cows, 30 goats, 70 sheep to marry Malia Obama
Since he set his eyes on U.S. President Barack Obama’s oldest daughter, Malia, a Kenyan lawyer has been hoping it would turn out to be a match made...
Sexual violence, unreported rapes another legacy of the war in Somalia
Sexual violence is widespread in Somalia and rarely prosecuted. If anyone is punished at all it is often the victim, not the perpetrator.
Al-Shebab detonates bomb on UN employee bus in Somalia
At least six UN workers were killed in Somalia on Monday when a bomb destroyed their bus in the northeastern town of Garowe.
At least 10 dead in al-Shabab attack on Somali government office
Militants, claiming to be a part of the al-Shabab wing of al-Qaida, used a car bomb to blast their way into a building that housed the higher education...
Zayn Malik: I am more in control now I’m heading in a different direction
Zayn Malik has said he feels “more in control” of his life after leaving One Direction but worries about letting the fans down. The singer...
At least 5 dead in ‘terrorist attack’ on restaurant in Mali capital
Militants killed five people including a French citizen and a Belgian citizen in a gun attack on a restaurant in Mali’s capital in the early hours...
United Nations and government declares Mali Ebola-free
The Malian government and the United Nations on Sunday declared the country free of Ebola after 42 days without any new cases of the deadly virus.
Peace talks bring East African leaders to Somalia for first time in decades
For the first time in three decades, East African foreign ministers are meeting in Mogadishu to push peace efforts in war-torn Somalia.
Wanted Islamic extremist surrenders to Somali police
Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, a leader with the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab who has a US$3 million bounty on his head, surrendered to police in Somalia...
Second wave: Mali in race against time to contain Ebola outbreak recurrence
Mali is trying to trace as many as 343 people linked to confirmed and probable Ebola victims in an effort to control its second Ebola outbreak.
Mali battles Ebola outbreak as African death toll passes 5,000
Mali scrambled Wednesday to prevent a major Ebola epidemic after the deaths of an Islamic cleric and a nurse, as the official death toll in the worst epidemic...
Mali seeks to calm Ebola panic as Mauritania closes border
Mali authorities on Saturday sought to calm fears after Ebola claimed its first victim in the African country, a contagious toddler who took a 1,000-kilometre...
Somali, African troops take key port from Shebab terror group
Somali troops backed by African Union peacekeepers on Sunday recaptured the last major port held by Al Shebab, key to the financing of the Islamist militia.
Somali pirates kill each other over $1.6 million ransom for journalist
Three Somali pirates were killed in a fight over the ransom paid to free a German-American journalist who was released this week after two years and eight...
U.S. drone strikes in Somalia may have killed top al-Shabaab leader
The U.S. military has said it carried out an operation against al-Shabaab militants in Somalia as reports emerged of a drone strike against the group’s...
Not a ‘combat boots on the ground operation’: U.S. sends 130 personnel to Iraq
Another 130 U.S. military advisers have arrived in Iraq on what the Pentagon described as a temporary mission to assess the scope of the humanitarian crisis...
Constitutional crisis: Power struggle as Iraq PM is replaced but refuses to go
Embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki rejected a transition to Haidar al-Abadi as his successor, escalating political tensions in Baghdad amid...
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