Algerian commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar "supervised" twin suicide bombings that killed at least 20 people in Niger, the Mauritanian news agency Al-Akhbar reported. "It was Belmokhtar who himself supervised the operational plans of attacks" on the Agadez army base and a French-run uranium mine, El-Hassen Ould  more...

Security agents in Togo on Thursday used teargas to disperse opposition members who had gathered for a demonstration in the capital despite a ban on protests, an AFP reporter saw. The demonstrations had been called by "Let's Save Togo", a coalition of opposition and civil society groups, to protest against  more...

South Africa's trade union leaders should engage with union members to ensure that unnecessary labour action does not take place in the workplace and cripple social life for poor people, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.Zuma, addressing the National House of Traditional Leaders, said that wildcat  more...

British police made two further arrests and raided houses across London following the brutal murder of a serving soldier who survived a tour of duty in Afghanistan. Prime Minister David Cameron appealed for calm after 25-year-old Lee Rigby was butchered outside a London army barracks on Wednesday, while an  more...

Hackers cracked into the website of South Africa's police and downloaded information that could leave whistleblowers vulnerable, police and a government data agency said Wednesday. State Information Technology Agency (Sita), which hosts all of the government's websites, said that last week the hackers  more...