BAMAKO, MALI — Three days of mourning have been declared in Mali after the deadliest attack on Malian soldiers in months.Mali’s transitional president, Assimi Goita, has declared the national mourning period, starting Saturday, after 27 Malian soldiers…

BLANTYRE, MALAWI — The United Nations and other humanitarian organizations in Malawi have launched a flash appeal for $29.4 million to provide assistance for the next three months to those hit hardest by Tropical Storm Ana in Malawi. The U.N. team in M…

A militant attack on an army base in central Mali on Friday killed at least 27 soldiers and wounded 33 more, the government said.Seven soldiers are still missing following the attack in the rural commune of Mondoro, which involved car bombs, according …

JUBA— At least 440 civilians died in fighting between warring groups in southwestern South Sudan between June and September last year, the United Nations said. “Grave human rights violations and abuses, including hundreds of killings, were committed …

KINSHASA— At least 20 civilians have been killed in an attack in the northeastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).The attack occurred in the village of Kikura late Sunday, Odette Zawadi, the president of a local activist organisati…

About 20 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were killed in a fresh attack by the suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group, monitors said Monday.”At least 20 civilians were killed in #Kikura village (#Beni territory, North #Kivu)…