calm

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has urged for calm in a public address following three days of violent protests that have paralyzed the country as thousands of protesters demand his resignation. The brief speech in the pre-dawn hours…

Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio announced on Sunday evening that calm has been restored after a day of armed clashes in Freetown, which he portrayed as an attempt to destabilize the state. Most of the perpetrators, according to…

The leader of the mutinous soldiers who detained the democratically elected president in Niger addressed the nation, two days after the military takeover. General Abdourahmane Tchiani, who goes by Omar, said the country needed to change…

The United Nations and African Union have called for calm in Senegal after an outbreak of deadly violence that prompted authorities to deploy the army. Nine people were killed on Thursday after popular opposition politician, Ousmane…

Fighting with heavy weapons resumed in eastern DRC between the M23 rebels and the Congolese army, after five days of a truce following the decisions of the Luanda summit on November 23. This summit had decided on a ceasefire from Friday…

The military captain who claims to have taken power from Burkina Faso's interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba held a parade in the capital Ouagadougou on Sunday. But in a TV message after attacks on the French embassy, supporters…

Authorities in English-speaking western Cameroon have appealed for calm after a policeman killed a schoolgirl in the troubled region and was lynched by an angry mob. The incident took place in Buea, a hotspot city in a region where…