BBC (UK)
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 08:08
African Union (AU) peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will treat the anti-balaka Christian militia group as enemy combatants from now, their commander has said.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 00:00
Upon seizing power in 1964, the military regime - fully supported by the US - promised swift action to bring "order" back to a country it perceived as slipping towards communism.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 00:00
A top Venezuelan military commander says the security forces have retaken control of the streets in the western city of San Cristobal.
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 00:00
Bolivian police have clashed with residents protesting against the construction of an anti-drugs military base in a coca leaves producing region.
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 00:00
The main opposition party in El Salvador has said it accepts defeat in the presidential election held on 9 March, after losing several appeals for a recount.
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 00:00
The government of Barbados has announced plans to abolish its mandatory death sentence for murder.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 10:59
Security forces have freed two UN employees kidnapped by gunmen in Yemen's capital Sanaa.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 09:37
Kenya has ordered all urban-based Somali refugees to move into designated camps in a bid to end attacks by militant Islamists.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 09:27
The Somali Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab controls more land than any other al-Qaeda affiliate organisation across the world.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 09:26
More than three million people are facing a humanitarian crisis in three northern Nigerian states hit by an Islamist-led insurgency, the government's relief agency has said.