At least six people were killed and about 10 injured Monday in a car bomb attack in Somalia's capital Mogadishu claimed by militant Islamist group Shabaab, police told AFP. The car exploded next to...
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has denied any involvement in galamsey activities in the country and has consequently condemned reports and discussions suggesting otherwise. In a press release issued...
Several hundred ex-rebels on Monday blocked access to Ivory Coast's second city Bouake, their former stronghold, seeking thousands of euros in bonuses in line with a deal following a deadly January...
Parliament has been asked to declare an 'agricultural state of emergency' as an armyworm invasion puts a GHC560m agricultural project at 'serious' risk. Describing the invasion as requiring urgent...
President Akufo-Addo says his government will be working with the Electoral Commission to ensure the law allowing Ghanaians abroad to vote in the country's elections becomes fully operational....
Nine Chadian soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram attack on an army post in the Lake Chad region on Friday, local and security sources told AFP. Some 40 Boko Haram jihadists were also killed as the...
Ghana’s Chamber of Agribusiness Executives says armyworms have invaded farms in the Brong Ahafo Region and parts of the Volta north of the country, threatening the country’s food security. The...
An International New York Times opinion piece criticising the powerful Pakistani army was censored by its local publisher Friday, replaced by a blank space in a country where it can be dangerous to...
Ghana’s Chamber of Agribusiness Executives says armyworms have invaded farms in the Brong Ahafo Region and parts of the Volta north of the country, threatening the country’s food security. The...
The Water Research Institute (WRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) says government will be effective at monitoring activities of small scale miners if it legalizes...
The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Sam George has disclosed that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), have for years, been...
The photos were published with the permission of the Clayton family A photo taken by a US Army camerawoman of the moment she and four Afghans were killed in an explosion has been released by the...
Indian security forces are searching for militants in the restive region of Kashmir in what is being called a major operation. The move, which began on Thursday, follows a series of attacks on...
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appeared in a new video published online on Thursday, rejecting claims he had been injured in an airstrike in remote northeast Nigeria. The jihadist chief was said...
Thousands of soldiers and paramilitaries were Thursday engaged in a huge anti-militant operation in Indian-administered Kashmir, where armed rebels have repeatedly attacked government forces in...
Iraqi forces thrust into west Mosul from the north on Thursday, opening a new front in the more than six-month-old offensive to dislodge the Islamic State group from the country's second city. The...
The Nigerianarmy calls it "New Banki City", an optimistic name conjuring up visions of modern housing. The reality is an overcrowded camp for 32,000 desperate people made homeless by Boko Haram. In...
An Israeli soldier who shot dead a wounded Palestinian assailant was back in court on Wednesday, with his lawyers seeking to overturn his manslaughter conviction. The five-member panel of military...
A mining company in Burma called in the army after 10,000 'scavengers' were accused of trying to steal a huge jade boulder, it has emerged. Police are hunting five people who discovered the 8.7-ton...
Police are hunting five gem scavengers who discovered a huge jade boulder at a mine in northern Myanmar after a senior regulatory official accused them of leading an attempt to steal it. The...
