In 1 in 4 elections, African voters face delays

By VOA,

A last-minute decision to delay Nigeria’s general election, now re-scheduled for Saturday, has fueled doubt about the commitment to a free and fair ...

African voters

Peace remains elusive in Libya after Gaddafi ouster

By VOA,

On February 17, eight years ago, Libyans rose up and launched a rebellion that led to the ouster of autocrat Col. Moammar Gaddafi. The high expecta...

Gaddafi , libya

France bombed Chadian rebels to stop coup d’etat: foreign minister

By Reuters,

France’s military struck rebels in Chad to prevent a coup d’etat against President Idriss Deby, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Tuesda...

Chad , coup d'etat , France military , Jean-Yves Le Drian , President Idriss Deby , rebels

Scores of Chadian rebels held after French air strikes

By Reuters,

Scores of rebels are in army custody in northern Chad following air strikes this week to repel an incursion from Libya, Chad’s army and intelligence...

air strikes , Chad , Islamist militants. , libya , President Idriss Deby

Seven jailed for life over Tunisian museum, hotel massacres

By Reuters,

A Tunisian court jailed seven people for life on Saturday for their involvement in two deadly militant attacks in 2015, one on a museum in Tunis and t...

Bardo National Museum , militant attack , Soufiane Sliti , tunisia

President Kenyatta joins African leaders in stand against terrorism

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta was among world leaders who on Sunday vowed never to allow terrorist elements to distabilise any country in Africa. The le...

addis ababa , AFRICAN UNION , AU summit

After air strikes in Chad, France warns citizens to be vigilant

By Reuters,

France warned its citizens in Chad on Thursday to be extra vigilant after its fighter jets struck a heavily-armed rebel convoy that crossed last week ...

air strikes , Chad , France

France recalls Italy ambassador after worst verbal onslaught ‘since the war

By Reuters,

French President Emmanuel Macron’s government recalled its ambassador to Rome on Thursday in a move unprecedented since World War Two, saying it was...

European union , France , Paolo Gentiloni , President Emmanuel Macron

Libya’s sovereign wealth fund chairman detained: official

By Reuters,

The chairman of Libya’s LIA sovereign wealth fund, Ali Mahmoud Hassan Mohamed, was detained on Wednesday for an investigation into alleged “corrup...

Ali Mahmoud Hassan Mohamed , corruption , detained , libya

Sudan’s Bashir softens tone dramatically, says reporters to be released

By Reuters,

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, facing near-daily demonstrations against his government, took a newly conciliatory tone with the protesters on Wed...

Muammar Gaddafi , omar al bashir , Sudan

New UN report shows North Korea avoiding sanctions

By VOA,

A new report by the United Nations shown to the Security Council Friday claims North Korea is working to ensure its weapons cannot be destroyed by mil...

North Korea , United Nations

North Korea is hiding nukes and selling weapons, alleges confidential UN report

By CNN,

North Korea is moving its nuclear and ballistic weapons to hide them from potential US military strikes, according to a UN Security Council diplomat c...

North Korea , Nukes , weapons

British journalist John Cantlie believed to be alive, still held by ISIS

By CNN,

John Cantlie, a British journalist who was taken hostage in Syria in 2012 and appeared in a number of ISIS propaganda videos during his time in captiv...

Ben Wallace , ISIS , James Foley , John Cantlie

Lack of funding may prevent over half of Libya’s local elections

By Reuters,

At least 69 municipal councils out of 120 in Libya may not hold elections in March due to a lack of funding by the UN-backed government, the head of t...

libya , Muammar Qaddafi , U.N

Backing Chad’s deby, French warplanes stop rebel advance from Libya

By VOA,

French warplanes struck a rebel convoy in northern Chad on Sunday, helping local troops repel an incursion across the border from Libya, a sign France...

Chad deby , Warplanes

ConocoPhillips beats profit estimates on higher production, prices

By Reuters,

ConocoPhillips beat quarterly profit estimates on Thursday as the world’s largest independent oil producer sold more oil at higher prices, sending i...

ConocoPhillips , production , profit

Stranded migrants to leave rescue ship: Italian PM

By Reuters,

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said 47 migrants who have been blocked at sea off Sicily for 11 days on a rescue ship will be allowed to come as...

Italian , leave , migrants , Ship

Dutch refuse Italian request to accept 47 migrants on rescue ship: government

By Reuters,

The Netherlands refused on Monday an Italian request to take in 47 migrants on a humanitarian ship that is being blocked from Italian ports, saying th...

Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio , migrants , Netherlands

Italy accuses France of ‘impoverishing Africa’ as migration tensions erupt

By VOA,

A diplomatic spat between Italy and France over migration to Europe is a likely forerunner of coming political battles in the run-up to European Parli...

africa , Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio , European Parliament , France , italy , poverty

Italy’s Salvini says France has no interest in stabilizing Libya

By Reuters,

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, continuing a war of words between Rome and Paris, said on Monday that France had no interest in bringi...