Soldiers Cut Off Second City Bouake
Angry soldiers have blocked off access to Bouaké, the second largest city in the Ivory Coast, as a revolt over a pay dispute continues. One of the uprising’s leaders said the soldiers were...
Tag: War_Conflict
Number of Civilians Fleeing Mosul Swells
The number of people fleeing the fighting in the Iraqi city of Mosul is reaching new highs and the condition of the displaced civilians is deteriorating, an aid group said Saturday. Iraq forces are...
Freed Boko Haram Fighter Says Group Ready To Attack Abuja
A man purporting to be a Boko Haram fighter said the group plans to bomb Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, in a video seen by Reuters on Saturday. The man who gave his name as Abu Dardaa confirmed that he...
Palestinian Stabs Israeli Officer In Jerusalem, Shot Dead
A Palestinian stabbed and wounded an Israeli officer in annexed east Jerusalem on Saturday before being shot dead, police said. The officer was taken to hospital with "moderate" injuries after the...
Rebel Soldiers Block Access To I.Coast’s Second-Largest City
Defiant soldiers blocked access to Ivory Coast's second-largest city on Saturday after firing guns into the air throughout the night, according to an AFP journalist at the scene. Rebellious soldiers...
North Korea ‘would Hold Talks’ With Trump Administration
President Donald Trump has said he would be "honoured" to meet Kim Jong-un if conditions were right North Korea has said it will hold talks with the US "if the conditions were right", South Korean...
We Can’t Act On ‘questionable’ BNI Galamsey Report – Amewu
The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has sought to discredit a supposed Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) report, implicating the military, the Minerals Commission, and some chiefs in...
West Bank Votes In Polls Underlining Palestinian Split
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank voted Saturday in municipal elections that underscored deep rifts between president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party and Islamist rival Hamas which runs the Gaza...
Boko Haram Releases Video of Purported Chibok Girls
Boko Haram released a video late on Friday claiming to show the Chibok school girls who refused to be rescued as part of a recent swap deal with the Nigerian government. In the three-minute video, a...
Angola Feels Pressure of DR Congo Refugees
Hundreds of people from Democratic Republic of Congo's central Kasai region have been pouring into neighbouring Angola every day for more than a month to escape violence plaguing their homes. Some...
Boko Haram Releases Video of Purported Chibok Girl
Boko Haram late on Friday released a video claiming to show the Chibok schoolgirls who refused to be rescued as part of a recent swap deal with the Nigerian government. In the three-minute video, a...
No US Involvement In Deal With IS Fighters
The Pentagon said Friday it played no part in an unusual deal in which Islamic State jihadists were allowed to leave a key town in Syria -- only for some of them to be killed anyway. The US-backed...
S.A Crisis Affects Rest of Africa – Mahama
The current political crisis and near-recession facing South Africa has an impact on the rest of the continent, especially southern Africa, former President John Dramani Mahama has said. The African...
North Korea Lashes Out At US Over UN Push To Enforce Sanctions
North Korea on Friday accused the United States of using threats and intimidation to force countries at the United Nations to implement sanctions, describing the drive as "hysteric madness." The...
Israeli Paratroopers Recreate Iconic Wailing Wall Image
(COMBO) This combination of pictures shows a file photo of three Israeli paratroopers next to the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City right after its capture in the 1967 war and the veterans (R) at...
UN Condemns ‘widespread’ Torture By Police In Pakistan
A UN committee has condemned the "widespread practice of torture" in Pakistan by police, the military and intelligence agencies in a report published Friday, and called on Islamabad to implement...
Gunfire As I.Coast Troops Resume Protest Despite ‘apology’
Disgruntled Ivorian soldiers took to the streets of Abidjan and two other cities on Friday, firing angrily into the air a day after publicly apologising for a string of recent uprisings. Rebellious...
More Than 1,200 ‘quit Damascus Rebel Zones’ Under Deal
More than 1,200 people including rebels left two opposition-held districts of Damascus on Friday under an agreement that will bring Syria's government closer to exerting full control over the...
President Seeks To Assert South Sudan Authority After Sacking Army…
South Sudan's president insisted Friday that the security situation was "normal" and that people had no reason to worry, three days after dismissing powerful army chief Paul Malong. President Salva...
Balochistan Blast Kills 25
At least 25 people have been killed in an explosion in Pakistan's Balochistan province which appears to have targeted a top lawmaker. The blast hit a convoy carrying Senator Abdul Ghafoor Haideri,...