The Comoros military on Saturday regained control of Mutsamudu's old city centre on the island of Anjouan, a minister told AFP, after armed rebels staged an uprising earlier this week. The army has retaken the medina, Education Minister Mahamoud Salim Hafi, who has led the government response to the rebels, told an AFP team on the scene as sol ...

The Comoros military on Saturday started an operation to disperse armed rebels who took control of Mutsamudu's old city centre on the island of Anjouan earlier this week, a government minister said. Security forces and rebels opposed to President Azali Assoumani have fought in the narrow streets of the medina quarter in Mutsamudu since Monday, w ...

The lawyer for a missing pro-Biafran separatist leader on Saturday said he had spoken to his client, after a video and pictures emerged purporting to show him in Jerusalem. Ifeanyi Ejiofor said he had received a direct confirmation about the whereabouts of Nnamdi Kanu, who has not been seen in public since September last year. My client is ...

The Comoros government said Saturday that rebels on the island of Anjouan had to disarm by Monday and allow the city centre of Mutsamudu to return to normal after a week of clashes. Security forces and rebels opposed to President Azali Assoumani have fought in the narrow streets of the medina quarter in Mutsamudu, with at least three people kill ...

Izeowayi Izaza Victor has won the first edition of the BBC News Pidgin essay competition titled, ldquo;Is Africa rsquo;s youth ready for political leadership rsquo; rsquo; Izeowayi is from Rivers State and currently studies Marketing at the University of Port Harcourt. The 21-year-old is a keen writer, poet and football fan who ...

The United Nations has asked Sri Lanka to immediately repatriate a commander serving in the peacekeeping force in Mali following allegations that he was linked to atrocities committed during Sri Lanka's war with Tamil Tigers. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Friday that the request to send Lieutenant Colonel Kalana Priyankara Lankamithra Amun ...

The Comoros government and main opposition on Friday signed a deal that could end the latest bout of instability to rock the Indian Ocean nation after violence flared on Anjouan island. Security forces and rebels opposed to President Azali Assoumani have fought in the narrow streets of the medina quarter in Mutsamudu, Anjouan's main city, since ...

Violence on the troubled Comoran island of Anjouan subsided on Friday after four days of deadly clashes between government forces and rebels opposed to President Azali Assoumani. The government sent in reinforcements to quell the unrest, which follows months of tension over Assoumani's attempts to extend term limits through planned constitutiona ...

The artisan shops in Riace's historic centre are shuttered and its alleyways quiet as locals wait to see what will happen to Italy's world-renowned model of migrant integration. The mayor of the hilltop hamlet in Calabria was hounded out of town earlier this week for favouring illegal immigration, but Domenico Lucano has vowed to fight on to pro ...

Comoros security forces intensified their crackdown against anti-government rebels on the island of Anjouan on Thursday, with witnesses reporting heavy gunfire and residents fleeing on the fourth day of clashes. Moroni sent in reinforcements to quell the unrest that follows months of tension as President Azali Assoumani's bids to extend term lim ...

Comoros security forces intensified their crackdown against anti-government rebels on the island of Anjouan on Thursday, with witnesses reporting heavy gunfire on the fourth day of clashes. Tensions in the Indian Ocean archipelago have been fanned in recent months by President Azali Assoumani's bid to extend term limits via planned constitutiona ...

ADDIS ABABA -- From 15-16 October 2018, Ministers and Heads of Delegation from the Least Developed Countries (LDC) group met at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa 39;s offices in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss the priorities of the LDC group in preparation for the international climate negotiations in Katowice, Poland in December ...

A deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is deeply worrying, but does not yet merit being labelled a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. Based on the current context... the committee recommended that the current Ebola outbreak in DRC does not constitute a public health emergency of inter ...

Comoros' government claimed Wednesday that clashes between troops and opponents of President Azali Assomani on the island of Anjoiuan had subsided despite witnesses describing continued violence. Interior Minister Mohamed Daoudou said the situation is back to normal after three days of deadly violence in Anjouan's main city Mutsumadu which ha ...

The United Nations and African Union called on Wednesday for talks to urgently re-start in the coup-prone Comoros islands after clashes erupted between government forces and opponents of President Azali Assoumani. Assoumani's bid to extend term limits has fuelled anger in the Indian Ocean archipelago in recent months. Security forces have pat ...

The Ivory Coast's main party came out on top in regional and local polls held over the weekend, the election commission has announced, as the country's main political players have the 2020 presidential vote in their sights. The RHDP coalition won 92 municipalities, the independents took 56, while the opposition Ivory Coast Democratic Party (PDCI ...

The African Union called Wednesday for peace talks to urgently re-start in the coup-prone Comoros islands after clashes erupted between government forces and opponents of President Azali Assoumani. Assoumani's bid to extend term limits has fuelled anger in the Indian Ocean archipelago in recent months. Security forces patrolled in Mutsamudu, ...

Despite progress in reducing extreme poverty, nearly half the world's population lives on less than $5.50 a day, with a rising share of the poor in wealthier economies, the World Bank said Wednesday. In a twice-yearly report, the bank took a broader look at poverty to see where countries were lagging, even though the share of those living in ext ...

Madagascar won a place at the Africa Cup of Nations tournament for the first time when they triumphed 1-0 at home over Equatorial Guinea in Group A Tuesday. Thailand-based midfielder Njiva Rakotoharimalala scored the only goal four minutes before half-time on the huge Indian Ocean island. Victory lifted the 'Barea' (prized cattle) to 10 point ...

Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario Front have accepted a UN invitation to hold talks in December on ending the decades-old conflict in Western Sahara, according to UN officials. The United Nations has repeatedly failed to broker a settlement over the north African territory, where Morocco and the Algerian-backed Polisario fought for ...