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A first Iranian flight has landed in the Yemeni capital, a day after officials from the Shia-controlled city signed an aviation agreement with Tehran. The Mahan Air plane arrived in…

UN envoy Staffan de Mistura has held talks in the Syrian capital to try to finalise a deal to freeze fighting in the war-ravaged northern city of Aleppo. De Mistura…

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s president, plans to limit the US diplomatic presence in Venezuela and require American tourists to obtain visas, amid growing tensions between the two countries. Maduro said the…

A Guinea national was at the weekend arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport while carrying 11.8 kilogrammes of heroin valued at Sh35.5 million. Ramady Diakite was traveling from Arusha,…

Sierra Leone’s Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana has placed himself in quarantine following the death of one of his bodyguards from Ebola, a government spokesman said as the country reintroduced travel…

The Malian government has signed a peace agreement with some northern rebel groups but the main Tuareg armed coalition asked for more time to consult its grassroots. The deal, hammered…

Protests have broken out in the Gaza Strip against an Egyptian court’s decision to declare Hamas a “terrorist” organisation, just weeks after the Palestinian group’s armed wing was given the…

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is visiting Uganda and is expected to meet witnesses in the Lord Resistance Army Dominic Ongwen’s case. Ms Bensouda will also update…

India’s finance minister has announced the government’s new budget, promising a slew of measures that attempt to balance welfare spending with high economic growth and infrastructure development. Arun Jaitley, India’s…