ABUJA —At least 47 women are missing after Islamic militants carried out a mass kidnapping in northeast Nigeria, anti-jihadist militia leaders told AFP on Tuesday.
MONROVIA —Liberia's lower house of parliament on Tuesday approved a motion to set up a long-awaited war crimes court, more than two decades after the end of a devastating civil conflict.
GENEVA—The United Nations on Tuesday called on the international community to "flood" Gaza with aid amid reports that children are dying of starvation in the war-torn Palestinian territory.
JOHANNESBURG— The number of people who fled their homes in northen Mozambique has peaked to over 112,000 in the last two months due to jihadist violence, with 60,000 being children, NGO Save the Children said Tuesday.
DAKAR —Senegal's parliament on Tuesday began examining a controversial amnesty bill for acts linked to deadly political protests since 2021, as the country reels from its biggest crisis in decades.
KAMANYOLA, DRC —Traveling through the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east takes days, with ramshackle roads and bridges, bandits and militia making journeys a nightmare.
ACCRA—Ghana's president has said he will not decide whether to sign a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill into law until the Supreme Court rules on a legal challenge.
QASR BIN GHASHIR, Libya —A horse breeding competition has brought together equestrians from across divided Libya in a rare show of unity after years of conflict.
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories—Israel and the main Palestinian aid agency traded accusations of "terrorism" and torture on Monday, after Israel's top ally the United States stepped up pressure for a halt in fighting between Israel and Hamas militants.
BANJUL, Gambia —The Gambia's parliament on Monday began examining a highly controversial bill on lifting a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) in force since 2015.
GOMA, DRC —The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group on Monday launched sweeping attacks in the Democratic Republic of Congo's lawless east, killing at least 15 people and leading thousands to flee.
THE HAGUE —The International Criminal Court said Monday it will hold hearings in October to confirm charges against Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, who has been on the run for almost two decades.
BAMAKO, Mali —A colonel in Mali's army whose recent book alleges soldiers' abuse of civilians has been arrested in Bamako, a military source and his entourage said Sunday.
ABU DHABI —A high-level WTO conference ended Saturday with a temporary extension of an e-commerce moratorium but no deals on agriculture and fisheries, throwing into doubt the effectiveness of the multilateral trade body.
WASHINGTON —A fertilizer-laden cargo ship, which sank in the Gulf of Aden after it was damaged by missiles from Yemen's Houthi rebels, poses an environmental risk, the U.S. military warned Saturday.
NAIROBI—Expensive curtains, lavish garden parties and jet-setting lifestyles: Kenya's cash-strapped government has been on a spending spree even as austerity measures take their toll on weary citizens.
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso—Around 170 people were "executed" in attacks on three villages in northern Burkina Faso a week ago, a regional prosecutor said on Sunday as jihadist violence flares in the junta-ruled country.
CAPE TOWN— Led by motorcycle riders draped in rainbow colors and dressed in multicolor costumes, more than 3,000 people on Saturday took part in Cape Town's annual Gay Pride parade.
LIBREVILLE —Human Rights Watch on Saturday called for a foreign-backed independent investigation into the killing of Chad's leading opposition figure ahead of a long-awaited election.
LIBREVILLE —Emerging from the shadows after his father's three-decade rule over Chad, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno is poised to consolidate the family dynasty in a presidential election where victory seems inevitable.
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