Attempts by authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to crack down on dissent during tense vote counting could backfire , the UN said Friday, warning it was watching carefully as events unfold. Elections held last Sunday will determine who succeeds President Joseph Kabila, at the helm of sub-Saharan Africa's biggest country for nearly ...

Credit Suisse said Friday it was deceived by three former employees accused by US prosecutors of orchestrating $2 billion in dodgy loans to Mozambique, and pledged to cooperate with a US investigation. Switzerland's second largest bank said in a statement that the suspects sought to hide these activities from the bank and stressed that Credit ...

Rights activists accused Europe on Friday of clinching a new record of shame with its refusal to open ports to migrant children and families stranded at sea in the Mediterranean. The latest standoff involves 32 migrants who were rescued at sea on December 22 but have not yet been given permission to land anywhere. It's now been 14 days lef ...

The wife of one of France's most notorious jihadists, Peter Cherif, was charged and provisionally detained on Thursday, the Paris prosecutor said, days after her husband was returned to prison after seven years on the run. Soulef A , and their two children in Djibouti in mid-December, has been charged with criminal association with terrorists ...

Angry young Muslims attacked a charismatic church in Ghana 39;s capital Accra after its pastor predicted the country acirc; euro; trade;s chief imam would die this year, religious leaders said on Friday. Wielding clubs and machetes, they attacked a security guard at the entrance to the Glorious Word and Power Ministry church then began hur ...