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Gunmen Kill 14 Civilians in Northeast Mali Village
Gunmen shot dead 14 civilians in an attack on a village in northeastern Mali, a local official said on Monday, amid a spate of killings by rival ethnic groups and jihadist militants that threatens to derail a presidential election later…
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Eritrea Reopens Embassy in Addis Ababa in Fresh Sign of Thaw with Ethiopia
Eritrea reopened its embassy in Ethiopia on Monday in further evidence of a rapid thaw between two countries that a week ago ended two decades of military stalemate over a border war in which tens of thousands died.
Ethiopia’s Prime…
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Obama Urges Kenyan Leaders to Soothe Ethnic Tensions
Former U.S. President Barack Obama urged Kenya’s leaders on Monday to turn their backs on the divisive ethnic politics that have frequently spilled over into violence and to stamp down on corruption.
Opening a school in his father’s home…
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Trump-Putin Summit: US Leader Hails ‘Good Start’ in Helsinki
US President Donald Trump says his face-to-face meeting in Helsinki with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin was "a good start".
After two hours of closed-door talks the two leaders went into a working lunch with their senior advisers.…
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Barack Obama Returns to Kenya for Launch of His Sister’s Project
Many Kenyans consider Obama native to this country and bask in his success, despite the fact that Obama has never lived in Africa.
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Algeria Deports Nearly 400 Migrants Back to Niger
Algeria has deported nearly 400 African migrants trying to reach Europe, sending them back over the Sahara desert into neighboring Niger, the U.N. migration agency (IOM) and Niger said on Sunday.
The IOM and European Union are…
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Germany to Accept 50 Rescued Migrants After Italy’s Plea
Germany will take 50 of 450 migrants Italy helped to rescue from an overcrowded boat in the Mediterranean on Saturday, the German government said, following an Italian plea for EU states to share responsibility.
France and Malta have…
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At Least Seven Killed in Suicide Blast Near Afghan Ministry
An apparent suicide attack close to a government ministry in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday killed at least seven people and wounded more than 15 as staff were leaving the office in the evening rush hour, officials said.
The attack…
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Number of Migrants ‘Abandoned by Algeria’ in Sahara Drops
The number of migrants allegedly being forced to cross the Sahara Desert on foot by Algeria has dropped significantly, a UN agency says.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has dealt with about 10,000 people abandoned near…
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Theresa May: Trump Told Me to Sue the EU
Donald Trump told Theresa May she should sue the EU rather than negotiate over Brexit, she has told the BBC.
The US president said on Friday at a joint press conference he had given her a suggestion - but she had found it too "brutal".…
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