Reuters
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 11:41
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the European Union should fund a force to fight Islamist group, Boko Haram. Merkel says terrorism is bad no matter where it is and proposes a partnership between the European Union and African Union.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 07:30
Police in Niger fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of opposition supporters who gathered in the capital Niamey on Sunday in defiance of a ban on a demonstration against what they see as poor governance, witnesses said.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 07:17
Boko Haram says it is building an Islamic state that will revive the glory days of northern Nigeria's medieval Muslim empires, but for those in its territory life is a litany of killings, kidnappings, hunger and economic collapse.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 07:01
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Tuesday people in Egypt have the right to demonstrate but cautioned that protesting now could cause more harm to the country's battered economy.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 06:49
Police clashed with demonstrators in Algiers after rioting broke out at the end of a protest against the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 06:39
The U.S. military is planning to send more than 400 soldiers to train Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State along with hundreds of U.S. support personnel, a Pentagon spokesman said on Thursday.
Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 06:36
Iraq has told President Barack Obama's envoy that the U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State needs to do more to help Iraq defeat the jihadists controlling large areas of the north and west of the country.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - 07:13
Falling oil revenues and intensifying fighting across Libya mean the humanitarian situation is worsening and basic public services may collapse, aid agencies said.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 06:29
A Saudi judge has sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer to an additional five years in jail, his wife said, after he refused to show remorse or recognize the court that handed down his original 10-year term for sedition.
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 07:26
Dozens of Bahraini protesters on Friday clashed with security forces who fired bird shot and tear gas to disperse them during an anti-government rally over the detention of an opposition leader, a Reuters witness said.