Explosions and heavy weapons gunfire are shaking South Sudan’s capital Juba on Monday in the fifth day of clashes between government and opposition forces, raising the spectre of a return to civil war. Widespread shooting preventing residents from moving in the city. A “massive explosion” hit shortly after 09:00 followed …

South Sudan’s president ordered a ceasefire Monday after a new day of heavy fighting in the capital Juba that sent thousands of people fleeing and threatened a return to civil war. President Salva Kiir’s ceasefire order on Monday evening raised hopes of an end to days of deadly fighting between …

The French Major General Patrick Brethous, commander of the Barkhane anti-terror operation, on Wednesday promised to reduce the number of terrorists in Mali, after meeting with the Burkina Faso president in the capital city of Ouagadougou. “Terrorists have taken a big hit during the 2013 Serval operation as they have …