World Jul 26 Mutinous soldiers claim to have overthrown Niger's democratically elected president The announcement Wednesday night comes after a day of uncertainty as members of Niger's presidential guard surrounded the presidential palace, detaining President Mohamed Bazoum.
World May 27 Fleeing Sudan's deadly conflict, thousands of exhausted South Sudanese refugees return home Years of fighting between government and opposition forces in South Sudan killed almost 400,000 people and displaced millions until a peace agreement was signed nearly five years ago. Now, many are heading home as they flee a brutal conflict in neighboring Sudan.
Politics Mar 27 Harris pledges aid, security assistance in meeting with Ghana's president Harris will also visit Tanzania and Zambia, part of an effort to broaden U.S. outreach in Africa at a time when China and Russia have entrenched interests of their own on the continent.
Arts Feb 25 Africa's largest film festival offers hope amid years of strife in Burkina Faso Most film festivals can be counted on to provide entertainment, laced with some introspection. The weeklong FESPACO that opens Saturday in violence-torn Burkina Faso's capital goes beyond that to also offer hope, and a symbol of endurance.
World Dec 27 UN reports abductions, torture, rape as conflict in Congo worsens According to a U.N. report by a panel of experts, scores of civilians including women and children have been killed by the M23 rebels in eastern Congo.
World Dec 18 Kherson's rapid fall at start of Russian invasion leaves unanswered questions Now that Russia has retreated from Kherson following Ukraine's counteroffensive in the south, residents want to know why Moscow's forces were able to overrun the city so easily.
World Dec 08 131 civilians killed by rebels in eastern Congo, says UN The findings published this week in a preliminary investigation by the United Nations, accuses M23 rebels of killing men, women and children in two villages in Congo's Rutshuru territory in North Kivu province last month.
World Nov 27 Ukraine struggles to restore utilities amid Russian artillery strikes, as winter looms Russian forces struck eastern and southern Ukraine early Sunday as utility crews scrambled to restore power, water and heating with the onset of snow and frigid temperatures, while civilians continued to leave the southern city of Kherson because of the…
World Nov 26 Civilians leave Kherson amid intense Russian shelling of freed city Fleeing shelling, hundreds of civilians on Saturday streamed out of the southern Ukrainian city whose recapture they had celebrated just weeks earlier.
World Nov 25 Russia escalates missile attacks on recaptured Ukrainian city A barrage of missiles struck the recently liberated city of Kherson for the second day Friday in a marked escalation of attacks since Russia withdrew from the city two weeks ago following an eight-month occupation.