Tags GENERAL Tunisia builds anti-terror barrier along Libya border Tunisia has completed the first part of a 200km barrier along its border with Libya, designed to curb terrorism. The
Tags GENERAL Amisom recaptures strategic town of Merka in Somalia from militants The Somali government and African Union forces have retaken the southern port town of Merka, having pulled out on Friday,
Tags GENERAL Woman kidnapped by militants in Burkina Faso freed Militants have freed an Australian woman who was kidnapped alongside her husband last month in Burkina Faso, dumping her in
Tags GENERAL Up to a quarter of Zimbabwe’s population to face food shortage The World Food Programme has welcomed President Robert Mugabe’s declaration of a state of disaster in the wake of a
Tags GENERAL African students protest over mob attack on Tanzanian student in India African students poured onto the streets of India’s southern city of Bengaluru on Saturday to protest against the mob attack
Tags GENERAL Spring Festival Gala: A backstage visit to world’s most watched TV event CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala is an institution with a 34-year history. Broadcast on the eve of Chinese New Year, it
Tags GENERAL Talk Africa: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Southern Africa China’s foreign minister Wang Yi kicked off 2016’s state visits, with a four-nation tour of Southern Africa. Meeting leaders from
Tags GENERAL Over 125,000 Twitter accounts suspended for promoting terrorism Micro-blogging site Twitter announced on Friday that it had suspended over 125,000 accounts since mid-2015 for “threatening or promoting terrorist
Tags GENERAL AU names leaders to meet President Nkurunziza over raging crisis The African Union has named the line-up of its high-level team for Burundi. AU chair Idriss Deby is to lead
Tags GENERAL Mali, UN troops recapture base following militant attack The Mali government troops backed by United Nations helicopters stormed a UN base in the city of Timbuktu. They recaptured