Representatives of 17 ethnic rebels attending a conference in Laiza, Kachin State, officially signed an agreement on Saturday, in which they conditionally supported a government-proposed nationwide ceasefire agreement. Only one group, the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS), did not sign. Na...

Ahead of a drill to teach West African police about forensics by blowing up a car filled with crash test dummies posing as suicide bombers, FBI agents met an unexpected question: why bother to investigate if the militants are already dead? The query from a Senegalese officer demonstrates the stee...

NIAMEY, April 5 (Reuters) - Nigeria's fuel shortages have caused power cuts across the border in Niger, according to a statement released by the state electric company, NIGELEC, affecting seven of Niger's eight regions for the past 72 hours. Landlocked Niger became an oil producer in 2011 but sti...

Amir Awad is no stranger to adversity. He entered his first wrestling tournament in his native Syria aged 11, and went on to grapple and fight his way to the top of his sport, eventually becoming a Syrian, Arab and pan-Asian champion. After the outbreak of Syria’s conflict in 2011, however, he face...