At least 27 migrants drowned Wednesday after their inflatable dinghy capsized as they tried to cross the English Channel from France. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said 34 people were aboard the boat. Two were rescued and one is missing, according ... Read More

The U.S. State Department is stepping up its push for Americans in Ethiopia to leave the country immediately, amid fears the country’s internal war is about to escalate. At a news briefing Monday, Senior State Department officials said U.S. citizens in ... Read More

Economists say China's model of investment in Africa is gaining public support, despite the debt burden it imposes on many countries. According to economic experts and the locals, the United States' multibillion dollar investments in Africa are less visible and ... Read More

Adama Dieng West African countries should use universal jurisdiction to prosecute those accused of the murder of over 50 migrants from Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo and Cote d’Ivoire in The Gambia in July 2005, a former Special Adviser to the UN ... Read More

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed issued a battle call on Monday night, as Tigray fighters appeared to close in on the capital Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister has said he will lead his country’s army “from the battlefront” beginning ... Read More

Antony Blinken - US Secretary of State The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Sudan’s leaders to work rapidly to put the country’s democratic transition back on track. He made the appeal on Monday in separate phone calls with ... Read More

Sudan’s military Sunday reinstated deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to lead a civilian government of technocrats after weeks of deadly unrest triggered by his overthrow. Civilian and military leaders said government officials and politicians arrested since the coup in late October ... Read More

Tunisian authorities said Sunday they had intercepted more than 200 migrants trying to reach the Italian coast, in nine separate operations. "In the context of the fight against irregular immigration, units from the northern, southern and central regions managed to thwart ... Read More

U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters Thursday that six U.N. staff members had been released but five others, along with one of their dependents, remain in detention in Addis Ababa. At least 16 U.N. staff and dependents were detained earlier this ... Read More

Aguila Saleh has led the country's House of Representatives since 2014 The speaker of Libya’s eastern-based parliament has said he will run for the presidency in next month’s election. Aguila Saleh’s announcement on Wednesday follows that of several other prominent Libyans ... Read More