13:23In eastern DR Congo, fierce fighting is still raging between the army and M23 rebels. They have been clashing particularly in the Masisi and Lubero areas of North Kivu. The Congole
06:21President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Tuesday for major reinforcement of sectors in eastern Ukraine of the 1,000-km (600-mile) front line, where Russian forces have made consisten
06:23As head of the Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin threatened on Friday to pull his troops out of the protracted battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut next week, FR
01:51With incessant fighting in the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine still ongoing, exhausted Ukrainian soldiers have turned to taking refuge in secret underground shelters to rest.
02:50Russia's Wagner paramilitary group claims to have raised a Russian flag over the destroyed eastern city. It says that gives it "legal" control, but Kyiv insists its forces are stil
03:20In Kyiv, a group of young men are trying to support the needs of the Ukrainian army by inventing new vehicles, many of which resemble props from the "Mad Max" films. Musa, 29, has
03:37Some 200 #children of French #jihadists are spending their fourth winter in muddy tents at al-Roj camp in northeastern #Syria, where dozens of arrested Europeans have been grouped
01:44In a stadium rally held in the recently captured city of Goma Thursday, M23 political leader Corneille Nangaa asserted that he wanted to march on DR Congo's capital – Kinshasa. Bac
13:26In tonight's edition: Calm returns to DR Congo's eastern city of Goma as M23 rebels advance south. Also, the Southern African Development Community holds a special meeting in Zimba
03:35#Ethiopia's government said on Tuesday its troops had achieved significant victories on the eastern and western fronts of its war against the leaders of #Tigray and its army was ma
09:26Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has refused to have dialogue with the TPLF after meeting with peace envoys from the African Union. Meanwhile there is increasingly concern over
01:38France will impose an earlier curfew in 15 northeastern and southeastern departments from Saturday to combat the spread of the coronavirus, starting at 6pm instead of 8pm, the gove
01:49French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face by a man on Tuesday during a visit to a small town in southeastern France, an incident that prompted a wide show of support
14:37Lors de sa visite éclair à Kiev, Joe Biden a promis une aide de 500 millions de dollars pour l’Ukraine. Une aide qui tarde pour les soldats ukrainiens qui se battent à Bakhmout pou
05:50According to the International #Labour Organization, at least one million #children aged five to 17 work in gold #mines around the world. In eastern #Cameroon, thousands of childre
02:18#Italy's #ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and two other people were killed on Monday in an attack on a United Nations convoy in eastern #Congo, Italy's foreign minis
12:35Thousands of people have gathered in Goma to hear from the leader of the M23 rebels, the group behind the conflict in eastern DR Congo. Corneille Nangaa called for a minute's silen
01:38France will not enforce a new lockdown for the time being to curb the spread of the coronavirus but it could soon impose an earlier curfew in eastern areas of the country, the wors
03:13Russia pummelled Ukraine's energy system and cities in its eastern region with cruise and ballistic missiles on Wednesday morning, stepping up its attacks as Ukraine faces its toug
02:06Russian forces unleashed a barrage of missile and drone strikes against targets in eastern and southern Ukraine early Friday, striking critical infrastructure in Kharkiv, Ukraine's
01:39Russia unleashed a new wave of missile strikes on energy infrastructure across Ukraine on Friday, causing emergency power outages for millions of people and prompting new calls by
09:51While the rest of the world focuses on the US, Ukraine, and the Middle East, is Rwanda’s Paul Kagame on the quiet staking out a land grab in eastern Congo? Former UN advisor on DRC
12:30In tonight's edition: As tensions continue to spiral over the rebel conflict in eastern DR Congo, the country's leader and his Rwandan counterpart, who's accused of pulling the str
05:47A small, isolated pocket of land has found itself the focus of tensions in DR Congo. On September 28, the installation of a mayor in the district of Minembwe, in the eastern provin
04:12US President Donald Trump unveiled a surprise plan Wednesday to detain thousands of undocumented migrants in Guantanamo Bay -- distracting from spiraling confusion after the White
13:21We bring you a special programme on one of the worst natural disasters to hit the Middle East in decades. Thousands have been killed after two massive earthquakes struck south-east
01:17Two French soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in northeastern Mali on Saturday, just days after three others died in similar fashion.
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01:44Ukrainian officials are warning that Russia is moving troops into the eastern Donbas region in preparations for a likely offensive that could begin as early as February 15, as the
