Africa
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has spread to a sixth province in the north of the country, in what health authorities described as an unprecedentedly rapid expansion. Jean Kaseya, head of the African Union's health agency, Africa CDC, said on Thursday that the outbreak had reached Bas-Uélé province, which had ...
A total of 35 Mauritanian nationals detained in Mali while travelling back to Mauritania were released and returned home on Wednesday night, after spending several weeks in custody ...
Spain has rejected any possibility of discussing the sovereignty of Ceuta and Melilla with Morocco, after Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi reiterated Rabat's longstanding claim over the two ...
Ten police officers, two civilians and 17 suspected members of armed criminal groups were killed on Tuesday during a clash in Nigeria's northwestern Kebbi State, police said. Security ...
South Africa has asked several African countries to reimburse it for the cost of repatriating tens of thousands of their nationals, after the country spent nearly $18 million ...
More than 2,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the fastest-growing outbreak on record, as health authorities struggle to reach remote ...
The Malian army said it had killed several terrorists after repelling an attack targeting a military control unit in the city of San, about 400 kilometers east of ...
At least 10 Malian soldiers were killed on Sunday in an attack on an army camp in the central city of San, according to security and local sources ...
Nigerian troops have rescued 33 people who were abducted while traveling through Zamfara state in northwestern Nigeria, the army said on Sunday. The military launched an operation after unidentified gunmen kidnapped the group in the Tsafe area on Saturday, according to army spokesman Aliyu Danja. He did not identify the group responsible for the abduction. ...
Militants affiliated with the Islamic State group attacked a village in eastern Congo near the Ugandan border early Saturday, killing at least 13 people and burning and looting ...
