(Kano, Nigeria (CNN)Boko Haram militants opened fire on northern Nigerian villages, leaving bodies scattered everywhere and as many as 2,000 people feared dead, officials said. “The attack on Baga and surrounding towns looks as if it could be Boko Haram’s deadliest act,”…

(Chad’s prime minister has appealed for international aid for thousands of Nigerian refugees who fled attacks by Islamist militant group Boko Haram across the border into the Lake Chad region.Around 2,000 Nigerians and 500 Chadians crossed the border into Chad in recent…

(PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma, as head of the Southern African Development Community’s (Sadc) organ on politics, defence and security, has appealed to the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) to comply with a call to surrender their arms. The FDLR operates…

(Pour la première fois depuis 2011, les forces libyennes ont mené dimanche des raids sur des positions islamistes à Misrata. L’intervention a été mise en place après des frappes islamistes contre le terminal pétrolier d’Al-Sedra. Les forces libyennes n’avaient pas lancé de…

(ZAMBIA, Tanzania and Kenya have signed a US$1.2 billion power inter-connector project agreement aimed at promoting trade in electricity and to foster economic integration.The inter-governmental agreement signed yesterday sets out principles that will define the relationship among the three countries as they…

(The U.N. Ebola chief said Thursday it will take several more months before the outbreak in West Africa is under control, an assessment that makes clear the U.N.’s goal of isolating 100 per cent of Ebola cases by Jan. 1 won’t be…

(The European Union (EU) has pledged 61 million euros ($75 million) as fresh support to combat the deadly Ebola disease in West Africa, the European Commission announced Monday. EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, announced the aid during his…