Political geography
French Guiana Activists End Crippling Protest After Deal
The movement behind social unrest that left French Guiana paralysed for almost a month has ended the protest after...
Peace Along the Border Despite N. Korean Threats
One soldier enjoys a cigarette, another sits reading quietly on the riverbank: seen from the Chinese side of the...
General Strike In Tunisia City Over Jobs
More than a thousand people demonstrated Tuesday in the southern Tunisian city of Tataouine during a general strike to...
Four Killed In Kashmir Firefight Near Border With Pakistan
The Indian army said Monday its soldiers killed four suspected rebels who attempted to cross into the...
Police Kill Civilians In Kashmir By-Election Clashes
At least eight civilians were killed on Sunday when security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir opened fire on...
Morocco Hosts Month-Long African Art Festival
Morocco is hosting a month-long festival to celebrate African art and culture, featuring some of the continent's most...
UN Experts ‘found Dead’ In DR Congo
Two UN experts who were missing in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been found dead, officials say. The bodies of...
One In Five Arab Mediterranean Youths Hopes To Emigrate
One in five youths in several North African countries and Lebanon would like to emigrate in search of better prospects,...
Hong Kong Charges Captain Over Singapore Army Vehicles
Hong Kong on Friday charged a ship's captain over the transport of nine Singapore armoured troop carriers without a...
Morocco’s Tangiers To Host Chinese Industrial City
Morocco and China's Haite Group signed an agreement on Monday to launch an industrial park near Tangiers for 200...
Nov 26 Proposed As Date For Tunisia Local Polls
The body in charge of organising elections in Tunisia on Tuesday proposed November 26 as the date for holding the first...
Runaway Bus ‘kills 34’ In Haitian City of Gonaives
At least 34 people have been killed after a runaway bus veered into crowd in the Haitian city of Gonaives, officials...
Ghanaian Troops In DR Congo Complain of Hunger
Some Ghanaian troops on Peace Support Operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo have complained bitterly about how...
UN Gives $5 Million In Aid For Crisis-Hit DR Congo Region
The United Nations has announced aid worth $5 million to the violence-wracked Kasai region of the Democratic Republic...
Spain’s North Africa Outposts
The Spanish outposts of Ceuta and Melilla in northern Morocco, which have the European Union's only land borders with...
Migrants In Morocco’s North Determined To Reach Europe
One early morning last week, Adam's fellow migrants managed to climb over the high border fence separating Morocco from...
Hundreds of Migrants Rush Border At Spain’s Ceuta
Some 300 migrants stormed the border between Morocco and Spain at Ceuta on Monday, authorities said, days after...
Hundreds of Migrants Storm Fence To Reach Spanish Enclave of Ceuta
Several hundred migrants have stormed a six-metre (20 ft) security fence that separates Morocco from Ceuta, a Spanish...
Hundreds of Migrants Enter Spain From Morocco
Hundreds of migrants stormed the border between Morocco and Spain at Ceuta on Friday, days after Morocco warned the EU...