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GAMBIA SHUDDERS AS DEFEATED PRESIDENT YAHYA JAMMEH TIGHTENS GRIP BEFORE INAUGURATION
The United Nations said Wednesday that at least 26,000 Gambians had fled into Senegal... READ MORE›
IVORY COAST MUTINY DEAL REACHED, SAYS PRESIDENT, BUT UNREST CONTINUES
President Alassane Ouattara of Ivory Coast says he has reached an agreement with soldiers who have mutinied... READ MORE›
DEAL REACHED TO END ARMY MUTINY
A two-day mutiny by soldiers in nine cities across Ivory Coast ended peacefully on Saturday after the government pledged to improve troops' salaries and living conditions... READ MORE›
GUNFIRE ROCKS BOUAKE ARMY CAMP AFTER TROOPS PAY DISPUTE
Gunfire erupts near main military camp in city of Bouake, where disgruntled soldiers launched a mutiny on Friday... READ MORE›
U.N. ENVOY HOPES ASTANA TALKS WILL CONSOLIDATE SYRIA TRUCE
Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura attends a news conference in Damascus, Syria November 20, 2016... READ MORE›
BORDER GUARDS IN SPAIN FIND MIGRANTS HIDDEN IN SUITCASE, CAR
Last month alone, more than 1,000 migrants from across Africa tried their luck at Ceuta, a small Spanish enclave at Morocco's northern edge... READ MORE›
IN SPAIN'S NORTH AFRICA ENCLAVE, AUTHORITIES FIND MIGRANT STASHED INSIDE A SUITCASE
Last month alone, more than 1,000 migrants from across Africa tried their luck at Ceuta, a small Spanish enclave at Morocco's northern edge... READ MORE›
LIFE IN TUNISIA'S CLOSED REFUGEE CAMP
Life in Tunisia's closed refugee camp 'I lost my mind'... READ MORE›
GHANA: AKUFO-ADDO WINS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Ghana's main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo won the country's national election, defeating President John Mahama, electoral commissioner Charlotte Osei said... READ MORE›
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HOW CLASSROOMS LOOK AROUND THE WORLD -- IN 15 AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHS
Here are 15 pictures taken by Reuters photographers, revealing the spectrum of classrooms -- from those with literally no resources to those well-stocked and housed... READ MORE›
SHIMON PERES FUNERAL: "ISRAEL GRIEVES FOR HIM"
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will attend the funeral of former Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres on Friday, Abbas' office said... READ MORE›
AMANDA KNOX AND RAFFAELE SOLLECITO ACQUITTED OF MEREDITH KERCHER MURDER
Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are acquitted by Italy's top appeals court of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in 2007... READ MORE›
AMANDA KNOX ACQUITTED OF 2007 MURDER BY ITALYS HIGHEST COURT
I am tremendously relieved and grateful for the decision of the Supreme Court of Italy, Ms.Knox said... READ MORE›
MARSHALL JOURNAL THEY HELPED ERASE EBOLA IN LIBERIA NOW LIBERIA IS ERASING THEM
For the 30 young men who carried out the task of burning more than 2,000 Ebola dead, the ordeal was over... READ MORE›
TRAFIGURA, VITOL AND BP EXPORTING DIRTY DIESEL TO AFRICA, SAYS SWISS NGO
Traders blend cheap fuel with sulphur levels many times the European limit for sale in African countries, says Public Eye... READ MORE›
THE SATURDAY PROFILE UN ENVOY DRAWS ON HER PAST IN SIERRA LEONE TO HELP ABUSED WOMEN
As refugees, they are at risk of higher levels of domestic violence at home and sexual harassment when they step out... READ MORE›
KNOX AND SOLLECITO COURT RULING DUE IN ITALY
Italy's top court is expected to decide whether to uphold the convictions of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito for the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher... READ MORE›
BURKINA FASO ARMY TOLD TO HAND OVER POWER
Col Zida told diplomats and journalists in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, that the military had no plan to usurp power... READ MORE›
AFRICA LEADERS IN BURKINA FOR TALKS
Under Burkina Faso's constitution, the head of the National Assembly should take office if the president resigns... READ MORE›
SEA LEVELS SET TO 'RISE FAR MORE RAPIDLY THAN EXPECTED'
The new research follows other recent studies warning of the possibility of ice sheet collapse in Antarctica and suggesting huge sea-level rises... READ MORE›
SOUTH AFRICA TO WITHDRAW FROM INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane this week formally notified the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, of South Africa's intention to withdraw from the international court... READ MORE›
WORLD AIDS DAY CUT GAY BLOOD BAN TO THREE MONTHS
But as Mr. Conde played down the outbreak, Ebola was steadily entrenching itself in the Guinean forest villages where it surfaced nearly a year ago... READ MORE›
IVORY COAST TRIAL OF SIMONE GBAGBO BEGINS
The wife of former President Laurent Gbagbo has been charged along with 82 supporters of her husband... READ MORE›
JAILED EX-PRESIDENT LINGERS AS A FORCE IN IVORIAN VOTE
Mr. Ouattara also visited Mr. Gbagbo's home region of Gagnoa last month... READ MORE›
OVERCOME TERROR WITH 'WEAPONS OF LOVE'
Afterwards, in his traditional, twice-yearly "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) message, he spoke of violence, injustice and threats to peace in many parts of the world... READ MORE›
BURKINABE ARMY 'TO HAND OVER POWER'
Related Stories Burkina Faso's military has said it will install a transitional government, days after it seized power as President Blaise Compaore resigned... READ MORE›
ITALY'S TOP COURT OVERTURNS AMANDA KNOX CONVICTION
Sollecito's lawyer made a final appeal to the court Friday, saying there were colossal errors in the Florence appeals court verdict... READ MORE›
20 DEAD IN POSSIBLE TERROR ATTACK IN WEST AFRICA
Gilles Thibault, the FrenchA ambassador to Burkina Faso, said on Twitter that security officials had launched an assault to rescue hostages... READ MORE›
MEDITERRANEAN SEA CROSSINGS HAVE BEEN THREE TIMES DEADLIER THIS YEAR THAN LAST. WHY?
Mediterranean Sea crossings have been three times deadlier this year than last. Why?... READ MORE›
IVORY COAST PROMISES TO PAY PROTESTING SOLDIERS
By Wednesday morning soldiers had returned to their bases in the cities of Abidjan, Bouake and Korhogo, reopening several key routes to traffic, reports BBC Ivory Coast correspondent Tamasin Ford... READ MORE›
LEADING ROLE FOR FRANCE AS AFRICA BATTLES BACK
NDJAMENA, Chad -- Deep in the Sahara, late at night, a Reaper drone silently tracked a six-vehicle convoy crossing the desert into Niger from Libya... READ MORE›
IVORY COASTS PRESIDENT SECURES 2ND TERM IN LANDSLIDE
Voting hours had to be extended to 7 p.m... READ MORE›
AL QAEDA CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR IVORY COAST HOTEL SHOOTING IN WHICH 16 'INCLUDING FOUR EUROPEANS' KILLED AT RESORT
At around 6.30pm local time, an army officer in Grand Bassam said two attackers were encircled by special forces... READ MORE›
GUNMEN KILL 16 IN MASSACRE AT IVORY COAST RESORT
Six armed gunmen attacked the Ivory Coast beach resort town ofA Grand-Bassam... READ MORE›
THOMAS L FRIEDMAN OUT OF AFRICA
Chaifou explains that West Africa has experienced two decades of on-again-off-again drought... READ MORE›
POPE'S EASTER MESSAGE CONDEMNS FAILURE TO HELP MIGRANTS
Pope Francis condemns those who fail to help migrants, during his traditional Easter speech in Rome... READ MORE›
MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF AID MONEY IS AT RISK OF FALLING INTO CRIMINAL HANDS, WARN MPS
PIDG operates around the world, in countries including Ivory Coast, the Democratic of Congo and Sierra Leone... READ MORE›
EBOLA: WHO UNDER FIRE OVER RESPONSE TO EPIDEMIC
Unexpected And the very planning that went into preparing for an influenza pandemic seems have to worked against the WHO during West Africa's Ebola outbreak... READ MORE›
IVORY COAST MASSACRE AT THE BEACH
Hide Caption 2 of 12 12 photos Gunmen attack Ivory Coast hotels A body is loaded into a van after the attack... READ MORE›