6 hours agoTunisia PM faces confidence vote amid political tensionsTunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed faced lawmakers in a marathon debate Monday ahead of a vote of confidence needed to approve the government he reshuffled a week ago in a bid to end a months-long paralyzing political crisis.
12 hours agoEthiopia arrests 63 suspected of rights abuses, corruptionEthiopia has arrested 63 intelligence officials, military personnel and businesspeople on allegations of rights violations and corruption, the country's attorney general announced Monday.
20 hours agoLeaders meet in Italy to find settlement in LibyaA gathering of leaders of Libya's quarrelling factions and of countries keen on stabilizing the North African nation opens Monday in Sicily, aimed at finding a political settlement that would bolster the fight against Islamic militants and stop illegal migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe's southern shores.
1 day agoGabon: Government says president recovering in Saudi ArabiaGabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba is recovering from an undisclosed illness in Saudi Arabia and still performing his duties, according to a statement released Sunday amid mounting speculation about his health.
2 days agoBig-game hunters defend kills, say they won’t back down after receiving backlash for posting photosThe woman who sparked a social media outcry and a government investigation after posting an image of a goat she claims to have killed in Scotland is not backing down from her online critics, saying that she will “NEVER apologize for being a hunter!”
2 days agoReport: Russian charged by US seen at Libya military meetingA Russian newspaper says video released by the self-styled Libyan National Army shows a businessman allegedly linked to a private contractor that sent mercenaries to Syria at a meeting with the head of the Libyan army and top Russian military officials.
2 days agoCivilian death toll in Yemen mounting despite US assurancesAirstrikes by Saudi Arabia and its allies in Yemen are on a pace to kill more civilians than last year, according to a database tracking violence in the country, despite the United States' repeated claims that the coalition is taking precautions to prevent such bloodshed.
3 days agoAustralia police: Melbourne attacker also planned explosionAustralia police said Saturday a man who fatally stabbed another and injured two in what they described as a terrorist attack in central Melbourne had also planned to set off an explosion.
3 days agoKenya launches internal police probe to help reform forceKenya's internal security minister Friday launched a police internal affairs unit to investigate allegations of abuses in the force including corruption and accusations that officers kill suspects and perpetrate other human rights abuses.
3 days agoSomalia car bomb attack leaves at least 20 dead, police sayFour car bombs by Islamic extremists exploded outside a hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 20 people and injuring 17, said police.
