Insurgencies

MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Somalia's prime minister on Thursday expelled the African Union representative because of "acts incompatible with his status" but...

By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) -A Turkish court on Thursday halted the trial of Saudi suspects over the killing of...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who ceded his powers to a presidential council on Thursday, fell foul...

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Burkina Faso's former President Roch Kabore, who had been under house arrest since he was toppled in a...

By Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Burkina Faso's former president Blaise Compaore was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for complicity...

KABUL (Reuters) - An explosion rocked a mosque in central Kabul during prayer time on Wednesday, injuring at least six...

DAKAR (Reuters) - Malian troops and suspected Russian fighters allegedly executed around 300 civilian men over five days during a...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen killed 15 Nigerian soldiers and wounded more than a dozen others during an attack on...

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Armed men have kidnapped an 83-year-old American nun in northern Burkina Faso, the bishop of the local diocese...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - A United Nations peacekeeper from Nepal was killed on Tuesday in an attack...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The al Shabaab group linked to al Qaeda plans to target Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and...

BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 21 civilians in an overnight attack on...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is following "extremely disturbing accounts" of large numbers of people killed in a village...

KABUL (Reuters) - A blast hit the money exchange hub in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Sunday, killing one and injuring...

DAKAR (Reuters) - Mali's military said it has killed over 200 Islamist militants in an operation in the centre of...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai government on Saturday hailed "significant progress" in the latest talks with the main group fighting...

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's interim president, Paul-Henri Damiba, said on Friday that the 36-month transition timeline to democracy could...

(Corrects to remove additional reporting credit, no change in text) By Paul Lorgerie BAMAKO (Reuters) -The United Nations peacekeeping force...

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Burkina Faso's military junta on Thursday resisted pressure from West African regional union ECOWAS to relinquish power in...

(Reuters) - Burkina Faso's foreign minister said on Thursday a 36-month period of transition to democracy proposed by the country's...