Rescuers, fishermen, navy experts and police combed the Niger River Thursday looking for 42 people, including children, missing after an overloaded boat capsized while bringing them to a market, authorities said. The vessel foundered as it was battered by powerful winds in Sambera district in southwest Niger, near the border with Benin, ear ...

Rescue teams, fishermen, navy and police experts were searching Thursday for 43 people, most from Benin, missing after an overloaded boat bringing them to a market capsized in the Niger River, authorities said. The vessel foundered as it was battered by powerful winds in Sambera district, southwestern Niger early Wednesday morning, sinking ...

As the net closes on remaining Islamic State group diehards in eastern Syria, the fate of captured foreign fighters and their families has grown into a major international headache. Many countries remain reluctant to repatriate their jihadist citizens, due to public opposition, the cost of prolonged detentions and concerns that they could p ...

Atleast 283 people have died from 59 terrorist attacks being recorded across Africa between the periods of 16-31 January 2019, the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) has reported. The report in its bi-weekly ldquo;Africa Terrorism Bulletin rdquo; noted that in all, a total of 555 terrorism related deaths ...