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More than 60 people are feared dead after a boat carrying migrants was found off Cape Verde in West Africa. Thirty-eight people, including children, were rescued, with footage showing them being helped ashore, some on stretchers, on the…

Clashes between rival militias in the Libyan capital have left residents trapped in their homes unable to escape the violence, the country's health ministry said Tuesday (Aug. 15), in what appears to be the most intense fighting to rock…

International aid agencies have warned that, four months into the conflict in Sudan, the situation is spiralling out of control, with mass displacement and millions on the verge of famine. In a joint statement, the heads of 20 global…

Zambia’s anti-money laundering and drug trafficking body has seized close to $6m (£4.7m) in cash at the main airport in the capital, Lusaka. Also seized were five pistols, seven magazines, 126 rounds of ammunition, 602 pieces of…

DRC president Felix Tshisekedi called upon rebel groups in the Ituri and Northern Kivu provinces to put down their weapons and join what he has dubbed the disarmament and reinsertion operation on Monday. Congolese president Félix-…

Niger's coup leaders have recalled their country's Ivory Coast ambassador saying the Ivorian president's comments amounted to "praising armed action" against them. Alassane Ouattara had spoken of his determination to see Niger's…

Ethiopia's House of People’s Representatives votes in favour of the state of emergency declared by the federal government over violence in the Amhara region. "Related peace and security issues shake the constitutional order, present a…

Violence flared in the western Sudanese city of Nyala and elsewhere in the state of South Darfur on Sunday, according to the eye witnesses the,threatening to engulf the region in Sudan’s protracted war. The conflict has brought daily…

'A delegation from Niger's junta was received in Conakry by Guinean military authorities, who asked for "reinforced support to face the challenges ahead", at a time when the military regime in Niamey is under threat of West African…

Firefighters and emergency crews are responding to a wildfire on the outskirts of Tangier that broke out late on Thursday 10 August in the Rmeilat forest. The blaze spread toward homes in the northwest of Tangier on Friday, 11 August.…