US advices citizens to leave chaotic Burundi
U.S has asked its citizens to leave Burundi following the deaths of 87 people killed during violent clashes last weekend. The travel warning issued on […]
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Lake Chad: Suicide blasts kill at least 19 according to state TV
At least 19 people killed and 130 wounded on Saturday, after three female suicide bombers attacked a busy market on the Chadian island of Koulfoua. […]
Burundi: UN-Chief laid out options to address crisis
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday said deploying peacekeepers to Burundi was an option to quell the violence but recommended that a UN team be […]
CAR: Pope Visits mosque, says Christians and Muslims are brothers
The last leg of Pope Francis’ three-nation African tour took him Sunday to Central African Republic (CAR,) a country where thousands of people have been […]
DRC: Scores Killed in Clash between Rebels, Army
Clashes between rebels, army and U.N. troops in a town in eastern Congo killed at least 30 people, including civilians, rebels and a United Nations […]
Pope in Africa calls for peace, youth empowerment, fight against extremism
Pope Francis on Wednesday started an African tour, his first to the continent since his papacy began almost three years ago. During his three-nation tour, […]
Burundi: half-dozen people killed in overnight clashes
At least half-dozen people were killed and others wounded in overnight clashes in Burundi, police said on Sunday. Heavy gunfire and grenade explosions were heard […]
Guinea: President Conde fires top cabinet minister and others
Guinean President Alpha Conde has fired the country’s interior minister and two other government officials for “gross misconduct,” after they failed to handle a deadly […]
Burundi: Kagame warns of imminent genocide
Rwandan President Paul Kagame, speaking during an awards ceremony in Kigali this weekend, has accused Burundi’s leaders of carrying out “massacres” on their people. At […]
Tension in Guinea: Political clashes lead to 1 death, scores injured
At least one person has been killed and more than 80 others injured during clashes between supporters of Guinea’s ruling party and opposition activists in […]