Skipper guilty over 700 migrant deaths
A Tunisian man has been found guilty by a court in Sicily of causing the sinking of a boat in which 700 migrants died in April 2015. Mohammed Al
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Aleppo battle: UN says civilians shot on the spot
Syrian pro-government forces in eastern Aleppo have been killing people, including women and children, on the spot in their homes and on the str
Security forces seize election commission HQ
The Gambia’s security forces have taken over the headquarters of the electoral commission, its chairman says, as the country’s presi
Trump picks Tillerson as Secretary of State
In a Tuesday statement US president-elect Donald Trump confirmed his pick of the ExxonMobil head as secretary of state. Citing Rex Tillerson’s b
AU delegation on mission to persuade Gambia’s Jammeh to step down
An African Union (AU) delegation was on its way to Gambia Tuesday, to persuade outgoing President Yahya Jammeh to accept his loss in the country&rsquo