United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned the Houthi detention of another 10 UN personnel in Yemen, taking the total to 69, his spokesperson said. The Iran-aligned Houthis detained the additional UN staff on Thursday, said UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, and Guterres
The death toll in South Africa ’s latest mass shooting at a pub rose to 10 on Tuesday, while police said they had identified two potential suspects. Three women and seven men were killed in Sunday’s early-morning assault in the township of Bekkersdal, 46 kilometers (28 miles) west of J
Over 1,000 civilians were killed when a Sudanese paramilitary group took over a famine-stricken displacement camp in Sudan's Darfur in April, including about a third who were summarily executed, according to a report by the UN Human Rights Office on Thursday. For months before the April 11-13 assa
Guinea's Simandou mega mining project, promoted by the military government as a symbol of the country's economic transformation, is laying off thousands of workers just as it begins exporting iron ore after decades of delays and corruption scandals. Simandou was officially launched with pomp and a
At least 12 people were killed, and three others abducted when gunmen attacked a mining site in Atoso village in Nigeria's restive Plateau state, a local group leader said on Wednesday. Dalyop Solomon Mwantiri, who heads the Berom Youth Moulders-Association (BYM) said the attackers, who locals ide
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has proposed what could be the biggest prisoner amnesty in his country's history to mark the "year of the constitution and sovereignty," the state Azertac news agency reported on Monday. It said the amnesty could affect around 20,000 people. Some would be relea
Hellen Etiman, a Kenyan pastoralist, believed her severely malnourished son would soon recover after starting a course of life-saving specialised food. Instead, 4-year-old Peter Lokoyen relapsed in July when the health facility treating him ran out of supplies, leaving the family to rely on wild f
The M23 rebel group consolidated control over the strategic town of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, residents said, as Kinshasa warned that the Rwanda-backed advance could derail US President Donald Trump's efforts to broker peace in the region. Sporadic gunfire echoed o
Ideas of white racial superiority are a threat to South Africa's post-apartheid unity, its sovereignty and its diplomatic relations, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday, calling for global efforts to debunk false stories about white persecution. Ramaphosa was speaking at a conference of the c
Benin's government said on Sunday its armed forces had foiled a coup attempt after a group of soldiers in the West African nation claimed on national television to have seized power. The attempted coup was the latest threat to democratic rule in the region, where the military has in recent years s
A group of soldiers in the West African nation of Benin claimed on national television to have seized power on Sunday, though the government said forces loyal to President Patrice Talon were working to foil the coup plot. The move was latest threat to democratic norms in the region, coming after a
Uganda's opposition candidate Bobi Wine said he was beaten alongside his aides and supporters by security forces while campaigning in the country's north, in an escalation of violence ahead of the country's presidential election on January 15. Wine, a pop star-turned-politician, whose real name is
A mass shooting carried out Saturday by multiple suspects in an unlicensed bar near the South African capital left at least 12 people dead, police said. The victims included three children aged 3, 12 and 16. Another 13 people were wounded and being treated in the hospital. Police didn’
