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Syrian peace talks meant to begin this week were stalled on Monday partly over the question of who would represent the opponents of President Bashar al-Assad. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he expected clarity within a day or...

Former Central African Republic prime ministers Anicet-Georges Dologuele and Faustin-Archange Touadera will face off in a presidential run-off poll, the constitutional court said on Monday. Dologuele won 23.74 percent of votes cast in the Dec. 30 first round, followed by...

At least 20 people, including a police chief, were killed in early morning attacks on four villages in northern Nigeria, police say. Local media say as many as 29 people were killed in the attack by suspected herdsmen from the...

The Zika virus is likely to spread across nearly all of the Americas, the World Health Organization has warned. The infection, which causes symptoms including mild fever, conjunctivitis and headache, has already been found in 21 countries in the Caribbean,...

Veteran African National Congress (ANC) activist Denis Goldberg has called for leaders of the party to be replaced. In a BBC interview, he alleged that the ANC leadership, locally and nationally, was riddled with corruption. Mr Goldberg said that leaders' focus...

South Sudan has missed a key deadline to create a transitional government, after the president increased the number of provinces from 10 to 28. The plan for a unity government was part of a peace deal in August to end...

Senegal will not extradite Papa Massata Diack, accused of blackmailing athletes who failed drug tests, to France. Senegal PM Mohammed Dionne said agreements with France would be respected but that Senegal would not extradite its citizens. Interpol has issued a "Red...

Senegal's government has told hotels to improve security or face closure, after recent terror attacks in the region. Authorities would have no choice but to close hotels which failed to introduce the measures in the coming days, the interior minister...

Kenyan forces in Somalia were warned of an impending al-Shabab attack 45 days before the group overran one of their bases, a Somali general says. Kenya was given "clear and reliable intelligence" about the threat, General Abas Ibrahim Gurey told...

The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State needs to take back the cities Mosul and Raqqa and will use "boots on the ground" as part of its strategy in doing so, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Friday. "We need...