CONFLICT

Mutineers have seized weapons from police stations as crisis escalates.

The area in western Anbar was one of the first captured by the Islamic State in 2014.

Militants in Niger Delta vowed to continue oil facilities' attacks until end of perceived disfranchisement.

About 50 Boko Haram fighters have surrendered since December as anti-terror regional offensive continues.

It is the second time Russia has announced a withdrawal of forces from Syria.

Two were killed in the attack outside a couthouse in Turkey's third largest city.

The Egyptian leader denied allegations made by Isis that al-Qaeda was against attacks on Shias.

The execution comes as Iraqi forces intensify their offensive against Daesh fighters to liberate Mosul.

UN's Syria adviser Jan Egeland warned the act was a war crime.

The trade routes are seen as a Chinese attempt to challenge US economic dominance.

Hamza bin Laden, a son of Osama bin Laden's third wife, has called for attacks on the West.

Rakiya Abubakar was one of 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram from Chibok village in April 2014.

Wrangling over the base is the latest round of international posturing over the civil war in Syria.

Award-winning photographer Paula Bronstein documents the biggest refugee movement in Central Africa since the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Fears remain political actors may not all back deal paving way for DRC's 2017 elections.

Blast is the first car bomb attack in Syria since the start of a shaky ceasefire in the country.

Nigeria claims Sambisa forest offensive 'final crushing of Boko Haram' but attacks blamed on group continue.

The human rights group Amnesty International has said the paramilitary formations must be held to account.

Attack comes two days after dozens were killed in twin suicide bombings in Shia areas of Baghdad.

Human rights groups slam government report on treatment of Rohingya Muslims in terror crackdown.

Defence chief in Seoul said the move will be part of broader defence measures to thwart increasing nuclear threats.

Kurdish fighters and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are leading a massive offensive against the jihadists in Syria.

The UN said an unprecedented number of refugees had fled Mosul since October 2016.

FIDH fears Donald Trump's potential African policies may signal new era for diplomacy in conflict-ridden Burundi.

Soldiers deployed to train local forces and deter Russian aggression.

IBTimes UK looks at Malam Ibrahim Dicko the Islamist preacher believe to be behind attacks.

Andrei Kelin from Russia's foreign ministry says 'we need to renew what we had before'

Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the blast in a car park near to a UNDP facility.

The firebrand president believes the Islamic State group is behind the recent blasts in the country.