Category: Africa
At least six people have lost their lives in a “terrorist attack” carried out by unknown militants in the Timbuktu region of northern Mali, the government says. The militants raided a convoy of civilian vehicles ...
Calling for a joint vaccination operational plan in Sudan, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today outlined the dire situation for thousands of children living in the Nuba Mountains, which remain inaccessible after four years ...
People have taken to the streets of Burkina Faso to protest against the military coup and the arrest of several leaders in the country’s transitional government. The armed forces have named the Presidential Guard’s General ...
A powerful roadside bomb explosion has killed at least three Somali soldiers in the south of the African country. The bomb, homemade, ripped through a military checkpoint in the southern port town of Kismayo on ...
Egyptian police and army forces have accidentally opened fire on a Mexican tourist convoy during clashes with militants, killing 12 people and injuring several others, Egypt’s Interior Ministry says. “The incident resulted in the death ...
In Egypt, 67 people, mostly supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood, have been arrested following the second anniversary of the deadly Rabaa massacre. Egyptian security forces on Saturday, arrested some 40 people in the capital, Cairo, ...
Among the dead were two Malian soldiers, while the body of a white man was seen lying sprawled outside the hotel in the town of Sevare, military sources said. Malian troops surrounded the hotel and ...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today that the more than 70,000 Liberian children whose births were not recorded during the Ebola outbreak may be unable to access basic health and social services, obtain ...
Muslims returning to ethnically-cleansed areas of western CAR have in some cases been forced to abandon their religion, said Amnesty International in a report published today. The report, “Erased identity: Muslims in ethnically cleansed areas ...
West Africa is at risk of a large meningitis outbreak unless drug manufacturers increase vaccine production by 5 million doses before the 2016 meningitis season starts in January, the United Nations and leading public health ...
