Burkina junta chief names new PM after dissolving government
Abidjan, Ivory Coast - (AFP) - Burkina Faso's junta head on Saturday named former communications minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo as prime minister, according to...
War monitor says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has left the country
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) - A Syria war monitor said that President Bashar al-Assad has left the country, after losing swathes of territory to a lightning...
Ghana votes in tight presidential election race
Accra, Ghana - (AFP) - Ghanaians voted in elections on Saturday with frontrunners vice president Mahamudu Bawumia of the NPP ruling party and opposition NDC...
Guinea prosecutor orders probe into arrest of anti-junta journalist
Conakry, Guinea (AFP) - A Guinean public prosecutor on Friday announced the opening of a probe into the arrest of a journalist critical of the...
Syria’s Jolani: from jihadist to pragmatist
Cairo, Egypt - (AFP) - Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, leader of the Islamist rebel alliance that has captured swathes of Syria in a lightning offensive, is an...
