Nigerian Major General Leo Irabor told a visiting U.N. Security Council delegation that the January 17 bombing in the town of Rann, which killed 236 civilians, was a 'grave mistake' that was the result of faulty information
While security in Burkina Faso remains fragile, this year's festival, which closed on Saturday, drew robust attendance
Since December, floods have killed 246 people, injured 128 and left nearly 2,000 homeless, minister of local government said
When Algeria's voters are called upon to choose 462 members of the lower house of parliament, 145 of them are meant to be women under a 2012 law
Sailors were captured last month on the cargo ship the BBC Caribbean
Libyan armed forces based in the east launched more airstrikes Saturday against militias that seized oil terminals a day earlier