Reuters
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 09:42
The United States is struggling to prosecute one of the prized catches in its global war on drugs, Guinea Bissau's former navy chief Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto, because lawyers cannot find enough translators who speak his native Kriol.
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 09:41
Democratic Republic of Congo has ruled out granting amnesty to some 100 senior M23 rebels, it said on Thursday, leaving open the possibility that these commanders could be pursued even after peace talks are concluded.
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 09:28
The United States and its allies are clamping down on suspected Hezbollah activity in West Africa, which Washington says is a major source of cash for the Lebanese group as its patron Iran feels the pinch of sanctions.
Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 10:27
Niger would welcome the deployment of armed U.S. drones to the West African country to help in its battle against an armed Islamist threat and drug trafficking in the Sahara, Foreign Minister Mohamed Bazoum said on Wednesday.
Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 10:15
The U.N. peacekeeping force in Democratic Republic of Congo must revamp its strategy for protecting civilians, because existing tactics were having little lasting effect, according to an internal mission document seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 10:08
A company of about 150 Chadian soldiers of the United Nations peacekeeping force in northern Mali abandoned their posts on Wednesday in protest at the length of time they have served, a spokeswoman for the U.N. mission said.
Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 10:04
African leaders will meet in the Ethiopian capital on October 13 to take a common stance on whether to join Kenya's planned pull-out from the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the prosecution of its leaders, officials said on Thursday.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 08:31
Libya took the first steps towards restarting some of its oil output on Monday as the government said a tentative deal with protesters in the country's west allowed pumping to resume from a major field.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 08:26
Protesters threw stones at officials from Mali's newly elected government during a weekend visit to the main northern rebel stronghold, but the reconciliation minister said on Monday that efforts to heal the country's deep social rifts were on track.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 08:25
A suspected bomb-maker was killed in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo on Monday when an explosive device he is believed to have been building blew up prematurely, police said.