The main jihadist alliance in Africa's Sahel region with links to Al-Qaeda on Friday claimed an attack last weekend on the UN camp of international troops in northern Mali's historic city of Timbuktu. One UN peacekeeper from Burkina Faso was killed in the rocket, mortar and car bomb attack, while fourteen UN and French soldiers along with two ci ...
Equatorial Guinea's opposition on Friday criticised the oil rich country for hosting a rights conference, claiming institutional killings, torture and imprisonment were common currency at home. A small state of 1.2 million people, awash with oil but mired in poverty and a reputation for corruption, Equatorial Guinea has been ruled with an iron ...
Residents of the tiny African kingdom of Swaziland on Friday weighed up their country's new official name after the king unexpectedly announced it would now be known as eSwatini . King Mswati III, one of the world's few absolute monarchs, declared the name change at celebrations on Thursday marking 50 years since independence from British colon ...
France on Friday deported an influential Islamic preacher whose mosque in the southern city of Marseille was shut down last year over accusations of hate speech. The expulsion of Algeria-born El Hadi Doudi back to his home country came after his appeal with the European Court of Human Rights was rejected earlier this week. Doudi, 63, had long ...
Commonwealth leaders agreed Friday that Prince Charles should follow his mother Queen Elizabeth II as the next head of the group, the BBC and other media reported. Queen Elizabeth on Thursday told leaders from the 53 member states that she wanted her eldest son to succeed her in the symbolic figurehead role. Leaders, gathered at Windsor Castl ...
For one week, beginning 23rd April, BBC News will present Crossing Divides, a global season looking at the ways in which people connect across the fractures that divide societies. Reporting on over 40 stories across BBC News - TV, radio and digital ndash; Crossing Divides will feature encounters between peopl ...
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