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Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 07:40
Ivory Coast's government resigned on Wednesday ahead of an expected cabinet reshuffle that President Alassane Ouattara said would lead to more "efficiency". Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan presented his resignation and that of his government at what was to have been the first cabinet meeting of the year.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 07:29
Former Nigerian defence minister Bello Haliru Mohammed has been charged with money laundering. He is accused along with his son, Bello Abba Mohammed, of diverting $1.5m (£1m) that was meant to buy arms for soldiers fighting Islamist Boko Haram militants.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 07:22
After destroying all known Boko Haram camps last year, the Nigerian military has just recorded a major setback in recapturing these areas. This comes shortly after it was reported that 24 Boko Haram militants were killed in Cameroon in an effort to end the insurgency in West Africa.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 07:17
The threat of a US aid cut is particularly concerning for Middle East nations such as Tunisia and Jordan — and, to a lesser extent, Morocco — that receive millions in US aid every year. The bill would also authorize the Department of Homeland Security to provide them with “excess nonlethal equipment and supplies.”
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 07:13
The Collective Security Treaty Organization will hold the exercise in a military training area in the Khatlon province, which borders Afghanistan. About 800 soldiers from CSTO member states Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan will take part.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 07:08
Representatives of 11 churches and faith-based organizations submitted evidence to the US State Department on Wednesday of specific gross violations of human rights by Israeli forces. Israel, the largest beneficiary of US military aid, currently receives about $3 billion a year.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 07:00
Rights groups say conditions in Egyptian prisons fall below international standards, with prisoners kept in overcrowded conditions with poor ventilation and hygiene, and often without needed medical assistance.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 06:53
On Jan. 4, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 06:33
The Pentagon said on Tuesday that Afghanistan forces still can’t “operate entirely on their own” as it explained why U.S. special operations troops were involved in a firefight that killed one of them.
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 - 08:14
An opposition activist has been arrested and remanded in pre-trial custody after he and several other members of a radical group seeking to topple Armenia’s government clashed with riot police on New Year’s Eve.