Authorities in the Somali autonomous region of Puntland said eight foreign militants were killed following an attack by Islamic fighters on security forces early Tuesday.

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa -- who has not signed death warrants for those facing capital sentences since he came to power in 2017 -- signed the death penalty abolition bill into law Dec.

Ivory Coast announced on Tuesday that French troops will leave the country after a decades long military presence. It is the latest African nation to downscale military ties with its former colonial ...