A look at some of the key points in an "arrangement" announced by U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, aimed at halting fighting in Syria...
Fighting raged on in southern Aleppo on Saturday, the army and rebels said, hours after the United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough deal to put Syria's peace process back on track. The army...
Police in Ogun state in southern Nigeria rescued two Chinese nationals who were kidnapped there this month, a police official said. Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesman for the Ogun police, said the two were...
Hundreds of internally displaced people in northern Nigeria are returning home to the villages and towns they fled to escape the brutal onslaught of Boko Haram militants, the U. N. refugee agency...
Several people were reported killed in sectarian battles within the Nigerian insurgent group Boko Haram, sources said. The Islamic state-backed group has terrorized Nigeria and surrounding countries...
Russia and the US have announced an agreement on Syria starting with a "cessation of hostilities" from sunset on Monday. Under the plan, the Syrian government will end combat missions in specified...
Three women arrested over a foiled attack in Paris were directed by so-called Islamic State (IS) from Syria, a French prosecutor has said. The group "wanted to make the women into fighters", Paris...
If there is anything that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) truly believes in, it is unity and peace, Vice President Amissah- Arthur has said. According to him, it is not in the DNA of the NDC...
When Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari first took power through a military coup in late 1983, he launched a self-described “war against indiscipline” in a country he claimed desperately needed...
The father of an ex-Niger Delta militant leader has reportedly died following injuries sustained during incursions by the Nigerian military, potentially exacerbating tensions in the crisis-hit...
The upcoming election is a battle of our conscience and thoughts. A battle between good and evil, competence and incompetence and above all Ghanaians and the incompetent NDC government. It is a youth...
For seven years, Boko Haram has terrorized northeast Nigeria and surrounding countries, killing tens of thousands and displacing millions. Despite the Nigerian government claiming a “technical”...
A senior commander of the Syrian militant group formerly known as al-Nusra Front has been killed near Aleppo, rebel sources say. The group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham said on its Twitter account that...
The African Union is the west’s gendarme in Africa with it’s combined national armed forces increasingly primed to invade and occupy rather than keep the peace. The latest potential victim of the...
A senior commander of the Syrian militant group formerly known as al-Nusra Front has been killed near Aleppo, rebel sources say. The group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham said on its Twitter account that...
The father of a former Nigerian militant leader has died after sustaining injuries during a government military campaign aimed at halting attacks on infrastructure in the oil-producing Delta region,...
In-fighting has broken out in Boko Haram after the Islamic State group announced a new leader of its Nigerian affiliate, according to reports in the country's remote northeast. IS said last month...
As far as presidential positions go, Somalia must rank as one of the toughest in the world. The Horn of Africa country has been mired in conflict, poverty and Islamist insurgency over the past two...
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested he and the US are ready to drive so-called Islamic State (IS) from its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa. Mr Erdogan said US President Barack Obama...
Zimbabwe's high court has overturned a two-week ban by police on demonstrations in the capital Harare. The challenge was brought by activists, who are opposed to President Robert Mugabe and his...
