W.African bloc slams ‘barbaric’ Benin jihadist attack
West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Thursday condemned an attack by suspected jihadists which killed 54 troops in northern Benin as a "barbaric and cowardly...
Zelensky says Russia putting ‘pressure’ on US with Kyiv strike
Pretoria, South Africa - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Russia's large-scale missile attack on Kyiv, the deadliest strike on the Ukrainian capital in...
Opposition leader in I.Coast named election candidate
Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Ivory Coast's main opposition party nominated former minister and businessman Tidjane Thiam as its candidate on Thursday, ahead of an October...
DR Congo raids on ex-president’s properties: family says
Kinshasa, DR Congo - DR Congo security services have raided properties belonging to former president Joseph Kabila, who has said he will return to the...
‘Small fraction’ of expropriated white Zimbabwean farmers compensated
Harare, Zimbabwe - Only a "small fraction" of white farmers who lost their land in the 2000s in Zimbabwe have been compensated to date, the...
