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UN to set up temporary base after FPRC withdraws from Bakouma, Central African Republic

The UN mission in Central African Republic is to establish a temporary operation base in Bakouma after rebels withdrew two weeks…

Fergus Kelly

France conducts air operations in Mali and Central African Republic

France has recently conducted air operations in Central African Republic and in the Sahel region, the Armed Forces Ministry said

Fergus Kelly

France to continue military operation in Syria and Iraq in 2019, Macron says

France will remain "militarily engaged" in the Middle East through 2019 despite the U.S. 'retreat' from Syria, President Emmanuel Macron…

Fergus Kelly

At least 21 people killed in blast at Colombia police training center

A car bomb exploded outside a police cadet training center in Colombia's capital Bogota, killing at least eight people and…

Andrew Kennedy

Shekau Boko Haram faction claims attack in Rann, Nigeria

The Boko Haram faction led by Abubakar Shekau claimed in a video that its fighters carried out the January 14 attack…

Fergus Kelly

Yemen government and Houthis rebels meet on prisoner swap details

Yemeni government and rebel representatives met in Jordan for a second day to thrash out the details of a major…

Staff Writer With AFP

SDF ready to support northern Syria security zone with international guarantees

The SDF announced its readiness to support a safe-zone to protect northeastern Syria “from the danger of genocide” and “foreign…

Jared Szuba

MSF says 14 killed and aid in Nigeria affected after Boko Haram attack on Rann

14 people were killed and thousands fled after Boko Haram on Monday attacked Rann, a remote town in northeast Nigeria,…

Staff Writer With AFP

Syria: US military personnel among dead in Manbij suicide bomb attack

A suicide attack was reported at a busy marketplace in the northern Syrian city of Manbij with an unknown number…

Joanne Stocker

Kenya: Nairobi attackers ‘eliminated’ after 20-hour siege, 21 killed

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said the attackers who had stormed an upmarket hotel complex had been "eliminated" after an almost…

Staff Writer With AFP