Timbuktu (Mali) (AFP) - The doors of a revered 15th-century mosque hacked apart by jihadists in Mali's ancient city of Timbuktu four years ago were unveiled on Monday restored to their former glory. The secret door of the Sidi Yahia mosque in the fabled caravan city fell victim to a spree of destruction in 2012 by Al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine, o ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Sept. 19 (UPI/GNA) - The Islamist militant group al-Shabab took responsibility for a suicide car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, in which an army general was killed. Maj. Gen, Mohamed Roble Jimale Gobanle, commander of the army's third brigade, and five of his bodyguards died Sunday when their convoy was struck by a suicide bo ...

Speaking from New York, Minister for Africa and the Middle East, Tobias Ellwood, said: I am deeply concerned about the violence around protests in Kinshasa and other cities including reports that a number of civilians and policemen have been killed. I urge both the DRC Government and opposition parties to take measures to calm the situat ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing an historic moment as the country prepares for elections and its first democratic transition of power. The United States government is following political developments in Kinshasa and notes the announced plans by some political and civil society groups in the DRC to organize demonstrations and othe ...

Kinshasa (AFP) - At least 17 people were killed Monday when heavy clashes erupted in Kinshasa ahead of a mass opposition rally, a Congolese minister said, calling the toll provisional . Among the dead were 14 civilians involved in looting and three police officers, one of whom was burnt alive , Interior Minister Evariste Boshab told a press ...

The partner companies Questra World (www.QuestraWorld.es) and Atlantic Global Asset Management (AGAM) (www.AtlanticGAM.es) enter African market this year. The two companies are already well-known in Europe. Questra World is the independent advertising broker that promotes Atlantic Global Asset Management. Atlantic Global Asset Man ...

A 7-strong delegation of Civil Liberties Committee MEPs will be in Lebanon this week to look into the situation of refugees and resettlement. MEPs will visit refugee camps and meet UNHCR, UNICEF, UNRWA, international NGOs and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) staff working with the refugees. They will also meet representatives ...

Beja (Tunisia) (AFP) - Activists are warning of a potential thirst uprising in Tunisia following protests over severe water shortages after one of the North African nation's driest summers on record. Residents in the interior are suffering long water supply cuts, reservoirs are running dry and farmers are seeing significant losses, adding to s ...