Doubts are growing about the capacity of the African Union forces to defeat al Shabaab radical group in Somalia. Despite battlefield successes of the Union, the Islamists have maintained their military capacity and has recently conducted large-scale attacks on trade union grounds. According to analysts, the Union troops lack the …

A presidential elite guard who organized a coup a week in Burkina Faso refuses to disarm in line with a West African peace agreement, the army said Monday. The peace agreement brokered by the regional bloc ECOWAS is “in a bind” the Chief of Staff of the Army said, denouncing …

Witnesses said gunfire erupted overnight in the capital of the Central African Republic. Violent clashes come early Monday after days of sectarian fighting that has killed at least 36 people. The UN humanitarian agency said dozens of houses were looted and torched and thousands of people have fled the affected …