Shots were heard late Sunday near Kabore's home after soldiers staged mutinies at several barracks to demand the sacking of the country's military top brass and more resources for the battle against Islamist insurgents. Residents also reported, they saw a helicopter above the the president's home in the capital Ouagadougou. It followed gunfire earlier Sunday […]

{In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 and RFI during a visit to Paris on Monday 17th May 2021, President Paul Kagame hailed as "a big step forward" a report by French historians released in April that concluded France had an "overwhelming" responsibility for the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi. He added that Kigali and Paris now have a chance to move forward.}

{Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno has died on the battlefield after three decades in power, the army announced on state television on Tuesday.}

The Democratic-led House of Representatives voted largely along party lines to impeach US President Donald Trump for obstruction of Congress and abuse of power over his dealings with Ukraine.

{CAIRO (AFP) – An Egyptian militant group said on Friday that it tried to assassinate the deputy prosecutor general with a car bomb, a day after the blast in a Cairo suburb.} Police had said the Thursday night bombing had occurred as the official's convoy drove past the rigged car wounded a passerby. The prosecutor, […]

{A Moroccan court has sentenced a younger brother of the suspected organiser of last year’s Paris attacks to two years in jail on terrorism-linked charges, state news agency MAP said on Friday.} Yassine Abaaoud, was arrested a month before the Paris attacks after his plane landed in the southern Moroccan city of Agadir and has […]

{Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso, seeking a third term in Sunday's election, began his political career as a Marxist-Leninist and has become a wealthy strongman determined to extend his 32 years in power.} One of Africa's five longest-serving leaders, having first taken office in 1979, he used the army as a springboard to […]