An estimated 100 people are killed in South Sudan's Upper Nile state in the latest of a series of ethnic clashes and cattle raids, officials say.

The fighters behind Sudan's hidden border conflict

Two foreign aid workers kidnapped in Somalia three months ago have been freed in a rare US military raid.

Two foreign aid workers kidnapped three months ago are freed unharmed in a US military raid into Somalia during the night.

When U.S. military commandos landed in Somalia on their dramatic rescue mission, it was early Tuesday evening in Washington. By the time President Obama entered the Capitol for his State of the Union ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ? Three widows of Osama bin Laden, taken into custody the night the al-Qaeda chief was killed, have been charged by Pakistani authorities with illegally entering the country. The ...

Nigerian forces arrest 158 suspected members of the Islamist Boko Haram organisation in dawn raids in the northern city of Kano.

CAIRO ? The Egyptian minister who triggered raids on American-funded pro-democracy organizations in December has said that the United States tried to use the groups to control the future of post-revol...

BAGHDAD ? Iraqi security forces raided the homes of two Sunni politicians north of Baghdad on Friday, according to security officials, heightening fears among Sunni leaders that Shiite Prime Minister ...

Islamist militants make a surprise attack on a south-western town used by government-backed Somali troops as a base to launch assaults.