International donors and member states have pledged more than two billion dollars in financial assistance for the Lake Chad Basin to address a crisis described as "one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of our

(CNN)In one corner is Bobi Wine, the charismatic and wildly popular musician, affectionately known in Uganda as 'the Ghetto President.'In the other is the real President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, who -- like many

(CNN)Ugandan youth movement leader Bobi Wine has arrived in the United States for medical treatment after being blocked from travel earlier in the week by Ugandan police, the pop star-turned-MP confirmed in a tweet

CAIRO:  Egyptian police on Tuesday arrested a  man after an explosive device detonated near the US embassy in Cairo. Dramatic video footage showed the man walking near the embassy when the black backpack he

Iraq lawmakers agree to delay next meeting and speaker’s election to mid-September BAGHDAD: Iraqi lawmakers agreed on Tuesday to delay their next meeting, where they are expected to elect a speaker of parliament, to

BASRA, Iraq: Hundreds of people gathered near a provincial government building in Iraq’s southern oil hub Basra on Tuesday to mourn the death of a protester in clashes with security forces on Monday night.The

Typhoon Jebi is the latest extreme weather event to besiege Japan this summer following heavy rains, landslides, floods and a record-breaking heatwave that cumulatively killed hundreds of people. Japan issued evacuation orders for more than one million

Air raids have pounded targets in Syria's last rebel-held province of Idlib  - the first such attacks in three weeks - as observers wondered if it was the beginning of a much-anticipated major offensive.

At least one person has died and several others are feared trapped in India's eastern city of Kolkata after a section of a decades-old highway bridge built over a railway track collapsed. The incident in

At least six people have been reported dead and more than 160 injured as typhoon Jebi - the strongest in 25 years - pummelled Japan. The reports on Tuesday came after the Japanese government issued evacuation advisories for