A jihadist militant detonated his explosives belt killing four policemen during a raid by security forces in southern Tunisia on Wednesday, the Interior Ministry said. It said a firefight erupted between militants in the Tatouine governorate and a national guard unit acting on information from an “anti-terrorist” operation earlier the …

French President Francois Hollande paid a lightning visit to the Central African Republic on Friday for talks with its new leaders on stabilising and rebuilding the restive nation, while drawing down France’s military presence. Hollande’s visit to the former French colony is sensitive because of accusations that French peacekeepers sexually …

The multinational forces fighting the Islamic extremists of Boko Haram have arrested five of the group’s leaders and freed dozens of captive women and children, Cameroon’s government announced on Saturday. The raids targeting Boko Haram bases in the northern Madawaya forest earlier this month freed 28 children and at least …