Migrants on a boat off the Libyan coast (file image)

Dozens of migrants die in shipwreck off Libya - UN

Politics Aug 19
At least 45 migrants, including five children, have died in the deadliest shipwreck off Libya so far this year, the UN's agency for refugees says.
Soldiers patrol after gunshots were heard Tuesday at a military camp near Kati area in Bamako, Mali
Ecowas condemns 'mutiny' in Mali
Politics Aug 19
The West Africa regional body, Ecowas, has condemned what it called a mutiny in Mali and has called on soldiers to return to their barracks.
France, the former colonial power, urged the soldiers to return to barracks
Mali president 'seized by mutinying soldiers'
Politics Aug 19
Multiple reports suggest Malian President Ibrahim Boubakar Keïta has been arrested by mutinying soldiers.
Okyenhene, Amoatia Ofori Panin
Okyenhene responds to Daasebre Prof. Emeritus Oti Boateng on House of Chiefs brouhaha
Politics Aug 17
Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has responded to allegations by Omanhene of Juaben Traditional Area, Daasebre Prof. Emeritus Oti Boateng, that the composition of the re-structured Eastern Regional House of Chiefs has breached protocol and is biased.
File Photo: At least ten people were killed during the attack
Al-Shabaab attack army base in Somalia, hours after hotel siege
Politics Aug 17
At least 10 people were killed in an al-Shabaab attack on an army base in south-west Somalia, officials said on Monday.
The UCKG, Brazil's biggest evangelical church, inaugurated this temple in Sao Paulo in 2014
Angola orders Brazil evangelical churches to close over corruption allegations
Politics Aug 17
Prosecutors in Angola have ordered the closure of places of worship belonging to one of Brazil’s biggest churches, accusing it of corruption.
The hotel is popular with local politicians and Somalis from the diaspora
Militants attack Mogadishu beachfront hotel
Politics Aug 17
Suspected Islamist militants have attacked a hotel on the beachfront in the Somali capital Mogadishu.