South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the ...

From Cold War strategies to counterterrorism and development U.S. policy in East Africa must do better to balance security and sustainability. East Africa, comprising nations such as Ethiopia, Kenya, ...

Gunfire broke out before dawn Monday in the centre of the besieged Congolese city of Goma, after the Democratic Republic of ...

Greg Yaghmai is about to embark on an unprecedented challenge: running seven marathons on seven continents in just seven days.

RATHDRUM, Idaho — Firefighters from North Idaho have been working 24-hour ... 5,000 firefighters from across the nation working to battle the devastating fires that have burned around 23,000 ...

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Since then, Turkey-backed Syrian forces have occasionally clashed in the north with US-backed Kurdish forces that Ankara deems terrorists. For all the latest headlines follow our Google News ...

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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Wichita Fire Department battled a 3-alarm fire at a north Wichita apartment complex Sunday afternoon. The fire broke out around 2:30 p.m. in the 1900 block of N.

“When two elephants fight it is the grass that suffers.” African proverb The Battle For Africa, the first in a two-part People & Power investigation into the effects of China’s increasing influence in ...