At least 37 people including 10 women and four children were killed when their bus hit a lorry in central Cameroon, police said on Sunday. Nineteen other passengers were injured on the bus, which was found in a ravine, Ndikinimeki police commissioner Moantsouog Mempou Paulin told public radio station CRTV. ALSO READ: Mob sets unidentified Keke […]

The new president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, vowed to make security his priority on Monday after he took the helm of the troubled Sahel country for a second term. “I intend to win the wager of providing security and stability for our country and ensure displaced people return to their homes,” the […]

Turkey’s defence minister said that any attack by eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar on its personnel in the North African country would be met with force. “A war criminal, murderer Haftar and his supporters must know that they will be seen as a legitimate target in case of any attack on Turkish forces” by his […]

Central African Republic has staged presidential and legislative elections, defying many who predicted a disaster in a country hamstrung by strife and weak governance. Sunday’s vote is a key step for Africa’s most troubled state — a byword for grinding poverty and militia brutality, still wracked by a civil war that erupted in 2013. In […]

The United Kingdom military has purchased 30 “nano ‘Bug’ drones,” which weigh 196 grams (6.9 ounces) and can spy with a range of up to two kilometres, the UK weapons manufacturer BAE Systems said on Monday. “In collaboration with UAVTEK, we have developed a nano ‘Bug’ drone and delivered the first 30 units to the […]