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US Ambassador to South Africa Lana Marks. (Business Day/Gallo/Alon Skuy)

Trump’s ambassador to SA under fire for nepotism allegations

The United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs has demanded briefings with Pretoria embassy employees ‘pushed out’ by Lana Marks

Former Mozambique finance minister Manuel Chang. (Wikus De Wet/AFP/Getty Images)

Former Mozambican finance minister avoids US extradition

Manuel Chang will be tried at home, but the American embassy is not happy

US keeps SA embassy shut over security threat

The United States will keep its government facilities in South Africa closed for a second day on Wednesday due to undisclosed security fears.

Sudan newspapers seized for defying censorship

Sudan’s security apparatus has halted production of three Arabic newspapers for allegedly defying a censorship order, and on Wednesday confiscated an English-language daily for…

In volatile Yemen, tourism is only for ‘adventurers’

Spanish, French and American tourists once filled the winding alleys of Sanaa’s old quarter, drawn by Yemen’s 2 500-year-old history and unique architecture. But a spate of…

US forces drawn deeper into Iraq crackdown

United States forces were drawn deeper into Iraq’s four day-old crackdown on Shi’ite militants on Friday, launching air strikes in Basra for the first time and battling militants…

More than 50 die in Iraq bloodshed

A wave of attacks across Iraq on Sunday killed 51 people, while insurgents fired a barrage of mortars at Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, sending United States embassy…

Kosovo recognition deals blow to Serbia

Serbia’s neighbours in Croatia, Hungary and Bulgaria dealt a blow to the Serb campaign to overturn Kosovo’s month-old independence on Wednesday by announcing they would recognise…

Chaos in Tibet capital as protests spread

Protesters in Tibet’s capital, Lhasa, burnt shops and vehicles and yelled for independence on Friday as the region was hit by its biggest protests for nearly two decades, testing…

Storming of embassy in Serbia sparks US outrage

Serb rioters enraged by Kosovo’s secession stormed the United States embassy in Belgrade and set it on fire, leaving one person dead and drawing swift condemnation from…

Angelina Jolie calls for aid to refugees on Iraq visit

United Nations goodwill ambassador and Hollywood megastar Angelina Jolie visited Iraq on a humanitarian mission on Thursday and met top officials to demand help for people…

As evacuees flee, Paris puts role in Chad in play

Resolutions at the United Nations or African Union could alter the mission of French troops in Chad, France’s Foreign Minister said on Monday as a first planeload of evacuees…

Fierce fighting, bodies in the streets in Ndjamena

Fierce fighting with tanks and helicopter strikes rocked the capital of Chad for a second day on Sunday as rebels surrounded President Idriss Déby Itno in his palace and hundreds…

Rebels overrun capital of Chad

Rebels penetrated the capital of Chad on Saturday, clashing with government troops and moving toward the presidential palace after a three-day advance through the Central African…

Chad claims rebels advance towards capital

A Sudanese-backed Chadian rebel column has advanced deep into Chad towards the capital, Ndjamena, in the west, the government said in a statement broadcast by state media on…

EU condemns pre-poll violence in Kenya

The European Union’s chief election observer on Friday condemned violence that has marred the lead-up to Kenya’s elections, left at least 70 people dead since July and risks…

Blasts kill lawyers in Indian courthouses

A series of near-simultaneous explosions ripped through courthouse complexes on Friday in three north Indian cities, killing at least 13 lawyers and injuring dozens more,…

Bomb attack kills one in central Baghdad

A roadside bomb killed one civilian and wounded two on Wednesday just outside the heavily fortified Green Zone compound in Baghdad that houses the United States embassy and…

Loud explosion rocks central Baghdad

A loud explosion rocked central Baghdad on Wednesday, shaking buildings inside the heavily fortified Green Zone compound that houses the United States embassy and Iraqi…

Turkey refuses to back down on threat to invade Iraq

Turkey sharpened its threat to invade northern Iraq on Saturday when Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared its army ready to attack Kurdish rebels ”when needed”,…