Somalia’s al-Shabab militant group has an annual budget of $24 million to spend on purchasing weapons, a new report finds.The report by a Mogadishu-based research group, the Hiraal Institute, said the group uses various methods to procure weapons, incl...

A strong explosion near a gold mining site in southwestern Burkina Faso killed 59 people and injured more than 100 others Monday, the national broadcaster and witnesses reported.The provisional toll was provided by regional authorities following the bl...

The United Nations' independent expert on human rights in the Central African Republic says the government and its Russian allies should stop obstructing investigations.The U.N.'s Yao Agbetse says the C.A.R. military and Russian mercenaries prevent acc...