The vast Sahel-Sahara region, which spans Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Burkina Faso and Mauritania, has become home to such terrorist organisations as the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJWA), Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (...)
The vast Sahel-Sahara region, which spans Mali, Niger, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Burkina Faso and Mauritania, has become home to such terrorist organisations as the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJWA), Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (...)
Gunmen killed at least 17 Nigerien troops in an ambush near the Malian border, where several jihadist groups are active, and another 11 soldiers are missing, a government spokesman said on Wednesday.
The attack on Tuesday occurred near the town of (...)
Omar Al-Bashir may have been deposed as president of Sudan after three decades of deeply repressive rule, but he has not faced justice for the litany of grave human rights violations and crimes under international law he allegedly committed while in (...)
French commandos rescued four foreign hostages including two French citizens from a militant group in Burkina Faso, France's military said on Friday, adding that two of the elite soldiers were killed in the night-time operation.
French special (...)
Events in Sudan are taking a turn familiar to previous revolts in sister Arab countries. The toppled president is being investigated for corruption by the state prosecution — which he created — as counter-revolution clouds loom over the country that (...)
The world breathed a sigh of relief when the last stronghold of the Islamic State (IS) group in Baghouz in eastern Syria fell in March, ending a nightmare that had lasted since June 2014 when it established its foothold in the region and proclaimed (...)
Events in Sudan are taking a turn familiar to previous revolts in sister Arab countries. The toppled president is being investigated for corruption by the state prosecution — which he created — as counter-revolution clouds loom over the country that (...)
The world breathed a sigh of relief when the last stronghold of the Islamic State (IS) group in Baghouz in eastern Syria fell in March, ending a nightmare that had lasted since June 2014 when it established its foothold in the region and proclaimed (...)
Several African countries called on the African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) to extend the period granted for the ruling military council to hand the power in Sudan to a civil government to three months, the Egyptian Presidency (...)
Billions of dollars' worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East – a gateway to markets in Europe, the United States and beyond – a Reuters analysis has found.
Customs data shows that (...)
Egypt's Minister of Health Hala Zayed said on Wednesday said that Egypt has started setting up four medical care centers in Africa starting with Chad.
The minister said the steps comes within the initiative by Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met on Tuesday morning in Cairo with his counterparts from Somalia and South Africa ahead of two meetings set to take place in the Egyptian capital today under the umbrella of the African Union (AU) to discuss (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi stressed "Egypt's full support to the choices and free will of the Sudanese people in determining their country's future, and the consensus they will reach in this critical juncture in their country's (...)
Cairo is set to host consultation summits to discuss the ongoing Sudanese and Libyan crises under an African Union (AU) umbrella, Egyptian presidency spokesman Bassam Rady announced on Monday.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, who is also (...)
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will host two summits on Tuesday to review the recent developments in Sudan and Libya, presidential spokesman Bassam Rady said Monday.
The summit on Sudan will be attended by the presidents of Chad, Djibouti, (...)
For a country that has been torn apart by terrorism, lawlessness and fanaticism, the declaration of Libyan Army Commander Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar on 4 April that he would answer the calls of residents of the Libyan capital Tripoli may mean that (...)
With a population of over 190 million representing more than half of the entire population of West Africa stands Nigeria as both the continent's biggest economy and the country having the largest population.
Nigeria is the largest oil-producer on (...)
More than 113 million people in 53 countries experienced acute food insecurity in 2018, compared to 124 million in 2017 because of conflict and insecurity, climate shocks and economic turbulence, according to a recent report from the Food and (...)
For a country that has been torn apart by terrorism, lawlessness and fanaticism, the declaration of Libyan Army Commander Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar on 4 April that he would answer the calls of residents of the Libyan capital Tripoli may mean that (...)
Tea drinkers who love a scalding-hot cup of the beverage may want to let it cool down a bit to avoid an increased risk of esophagus cancer, a new study suggests.
Among tea drinkers followed for about 10 years, those who drank a lot of tea and liked (...)
With a population of over 190 million representing more than half of the entire population of West Africa stands Nigeria as both the continent's biggest economy and the country having the largest population. Nigeria is the largest oil-producer on (...)
The YouTube livestream of a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert at the Giza Pyramids on 15 March has been viewed over 2.3 million times as of Monday.
The concert, the first to be held at the site since pianist Yanni's in 2015, was attended by around ten (...)
A fire killed at least eight people and left 15,000 others without shelter after raging through a northeast Nigerian camp for people displaced by a war against Islamist insurgents, aid group Norwegian Refugee Council said on Saturday.
Northeast (...)
Last week Egypt's rock fans were treated to two important events, both linked to the internationally renowned American funk-rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers (RHCP). Two days prior to the band's Pyramids concert on 15 March, their drummer, Chad Smith, (...)
