Ghana summoned South Africa's envoy to the country on Thursday over several "xenophobic incidents," including one in which a legal Ghanaian migrant was asked to return home and "fix his country."
READ MORENigeria has inaugurated a military court to try officers accused of involvement in a failed coup attempt, marking a significant step in the government’s response to a plot that authorities say could have ended decades of democratic rule.
South Africa has pledged decisive action against perpetrators of xenophobic violence targeting foreign nationals, after Ghana formally protested over incidents involving its citizens.
A standoff continues in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow entrance to the Persian Gulf through which one-fifth of the world's oil and natural gas is transported, as Iran has limited access and the US has imposed a blockade on Iranian ports.
Gunmen raided an unregistered orphanage in central Nigeria's Kogi state and kidnapped at least 23 children, authorities said on Monday, with eight still missing after a partial rescue operation.
The Democratic Republic of Congo announced on Monday the creation of a paramilitary guard backed by US and Emirati investments to secure its vast mining operations.
A fragile calm prevailed on Monday in the Malian capital, Bamako, and the ruling junta's stronghold of Kati, after two days of fierce fighting between the army and jihadists allied with Tuareg separatists, which have plunged the country into uncertainty over the military government's future
Mali is under growing pressure as coordinated attacks target major cities, use covert infiltration, and bring together rival armed groups, according to political analyst Josiasse Assemon.
Malians have been reacting to the death of the Mininster of Defence Sadio Camara over the weekend. The 47 year old Camara a key junta member, was killed on Saturday in a car bomb attack at his home in Kati, the government said in a late Sunday statement.
The Prime Minister of Mali's transitional government, General Abdoulaye Maiga, on Monday visited some of the injured in Saturday's attacks by jihadi and rebel forces that killed the country's defence chief.
The Prime Minister of Mali's transitional government, General Abdoulaye Maiga, on Monday visited some of the injured in Saturday's attacks by jihadi and rebel forces that killed the country's defence chief.
King Mohammed VI,Commander of the Faithful,received on Tuesday at the Royal Palace in Rabat,Mohamed Yssef,former Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Ulema,whom the Sovereign decorated with th
Spain is set to regularize nearly 500,000 undocumented migrants under an exceptional measure aimed at easing labor shortages and supporting economic growth,a move expected to largely benefit Moroccan
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