Gunmen killed at least eight Chadian UN peacekeepers in an attack yesterday on one of their bases in northern Mali, a source close to the MINUSMA force said. “According to a new toll, still provisional, at least eight peacekeepers have been killed,” the source said. The attack happened early…

President Ashraf Ghani yesterday formally registered as a candidate for Afghanistan’s delayed presidential election, setting up a rematch with Chief…

DR Congo’s top court yesterday declared Felix Tshisekedi president after disputed elections, outraging opponents who alleged a stitch-up as an African…

A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least seven security guards yesterday after targeting the convoy of an Afghan governor, officials said, in the latest violence to rock the war-torn country. The attacker rammed a vehicle full of explosives into the convoy of Anwar Ishaqzai, the governor of central…

A bomb blast hit the capital of war-torn Syria yesterday and a “terrorist” was arrested, state media said, in a rare attack in the city that has been largely insulated from violence. A Britain-based war monitor said a “huge explosion” near a military intelligence office in southern…

A suspected car bomb exploded in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry on Saturday, police said, with leading politicians alleging the blast was terror-related.…