BAMAKO— The U.N. mission in Mali said on Monday it was holding emergency talks between armed groups who have fought gunbattles in a town in northern Mali. Tuareg MNLA separatists attempted to take Tabankort as fighters from the Arab Azawad Movement pushed them back during clashes over the weeken...

Central African Republic's economy grew by 4.9 percent last year, the biggest growth since 2000 as the country tried to emerge from years of conflict, the deputy governor of the Bank of Central African States (BEAC) said on Tuesday. In an interview on national radio, Mahamat Tahir Ahmed said incr...