More than 6,000 people have fled fighting in southern South Sudan, with refugees recounting the slaughter of civilians by armed forces, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday. Fighting between...
South Korea's flag flew and its anthem sounded in Pyongyang on Friday as its women's football team played out a 1-1 draw with their neighbours, in the first ever competitive soccer match between the...
Al-Shabab says President Farmajo's, centre-left, threats to defeat them are not new Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab has dismissed President Mohamed Abdullahi Faramajo's declaration of war....
South Africa on Friday denied it had flouted international law by refusing in 2015 to arrest visiting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir wanted by war crimes judges on charges of genocide in Darfur....
Every time a patient is stretchered into the Athbah field hospital south of Mosul, doctor Sultan prays it isn't his sister or brother. Most of the medical staff is from the war-torn Iraqi city and...
The United States on Friday fired dozens of cruise missiles at a government-controlled airbase in Syria, in retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town that killed scores...
Boko Haram jihadists have torched a military base in northeast Nigeria, a day after the group killed seven people in a separate raid, residents said. Jihadists believed to be loyal to a Boko Haram...
An official working for Aung San Suu Kyi's government was sentenced to six months in jail in a Yangon court on Friday for criticising Myanmar's army chief in a Facebook post. It is the latest verdict...
Somalia’s new president has offered al-Shabab militants a 60-day amnesty amid a declaration of war on the group. Fighters who gave themselves up would receive training, employment and education,...
Ghana is in the process of turning all water reservoirs into security zones to safeguard the provision of the quality of treated water for the people. Executive Secretary of the Water Resources...
Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre braved heavy winds that led to a late start for his concert at the Dead Sea aimed at drawing attention to environmental issues. The concert that began late...
Alfred Woyome has petitioned the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) over the controversial GH51.2 million judgment debt he received from the state. A...
After fleeing to Egypt from the war devastating their country, more Syrians are abandoning migration to the West fearing racism and culture shock, and instead are settling in Cairo. Mohamed Amin, 43,...
South Korea's flag will fly in Pyongyang on Friday as its women's football team takes on their neighbours in the first ever competitive soccer match between the two countries hosted by the North. The...
South Africa will on Friday seek to defend its failure to arrest visiting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who is wanted on charges of genocide, at an unprecedented hearing before international war...
Democratic Republic of Congo Prime Minister Samy Badibanga has handed in his resignation as part of a deal brokered by the Catholic church to end a political crisis in the country, UN-backed Radio...
The US has carried out a missile attack against targets in Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town. A Pentagon official said about 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles...
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has confirmed that a group of 35 people, mainly women and children from Eritrea who were held for nearly six months after fleeing a former Islamic State group stronghold...
President Donald Trump on Thursday denounced Bashar al-Assad as responsible for an "egregious" crime, suggesting the United States could be poised to take action against the Syrian leader over this...
Somalia's new president has declared the country a war zone and instructed the army to prepare a new offensive against the al-Qaeda linked group al-Shabab. The announcement by President Mohamed...
