Africa
At least seven soldiers were killed Thursday in a militant attack in southwestern Niger, while five others died in a traffic accident while trying to respond to the assault, the country's defense minister said. The attack took place about 190 km (118 miles) from the capital Niamey in Kandadji, near the tri-border zone of Mali, ...
France's ambassador in Niger has left the West African country, French media reported on Wednesday. The plane carrying Sylvain Itte and six others left the country early in ...
President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country as a result of the coup ...
The armies of Burkina Faso and Niger have killed an unknown number of militants in joint operations, local media has reported. The attack comes a week after Burkina ...
Libya's National Unity Government announced on Sunday that more than 70 planes and eight ships carrying relief supplies have arrived since a storm and devastating floods washed through ...
East Libya-based government plans to hold an international conference for rebuilding the city of Derna following this month's deathly floods. "We invite the international community to participate in ...
Abdel-Hamid al-Hassadi survived the devastating flooding in eastern Libya but he lost some 90 people from his extended family. The 23-year-old law graduate rushed upstairs along with his mother ...
The European Union executive has temporarily suspended funding for the World Food Programme (WFP) in Somalia, two senior EU officials told Reuters on Monday, after a U.N. investigation ...
At least 11,300 people have been killed and over 10,000 others still missing by deadly floods in Libya's eastern city of Derna, the United Nations said. In a statement, the UN Humanitarian Affairs Office (OCHA) said around 170 people were killed outside Derna city by the flooding caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel. According to the ...
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni vowed Friday to take “extraordinary measures” to deal with an influx of migrants, including calling anew for a naval blockade of North Africa, after a week ...
