Africa

A group of two dozen assailants armed with knives tried to enter the presidential palace. …

Burkina Faso’s Capt Ibrahim Traore had a holstered pistol in what some saw a security breach. …

Two of Venâncio Mondlane’s supporters are injured as police disperse crowds that had come to greet him. …

The Afropop singer began her musical career in the 1980s and also appeared in popular TV series. …

Mubarak Bala was jailed for blasphemy in a case that attracted criticism from rights groups. …

The paramilitary group is accused of the “systematic” murder of men and boys and brutal sexual violence. …

The French president said Sahel nations owed their sovereignty to France’s anti-terror intervention. …

More than 80 young Kenyans have gone missing in recent months, with many blaming the security forces. …

It is the second town seized by the group in as many days in the mineral-rich North Kivu province. …