Armed Groups

Attacks in distant towns appear to be a rare attempt at a coordinated assault on international forces operating in Mali.

Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka convicted of ‘murder, rape, sexual slavery and enlisting children under 15 years old’, court rules.

Witnesses say the assailants herded victims onto a football pitch in the village of Muatide where...

Last week’s incident came to light on Monday after survivors managed to reach Pemba beach.

French military said it was providing air support for the operation, which is unfolding over a vast wooded area.

Desperate families in the Sahelian country are plagued by a double burden that has left many displaced and destitute.

As armed attacks continue in the Sahel, two sisters share their family’s ordeal of kidnapping, death and survival.

For many in Pakistan, no other group better exemplifies the US’s long history of playing sides to suit its own ends.

Tracee Herbaugh’s mother, Sharon, abandoned her when she was born, pursuing a career from which she never returned.

The former Sinn Fein leader says his detention on the orders of a junior minister was invalid.

President Ghani says three high-ranking fighters to be freed in exchange for American and Australian kidnapped in 2016.

We debate Brexit’s impact on democracy in Britain, and ask whether it could trigger violence in Northern Ireland.

A Bayaka elder, an American biologist, and an eco-guard study and protect elephants in CAR until conflict strikes.

The government issued an ultimatum to the head of a rebel group known as 3R, urging him to hand over those responsible.