Global News

(Adds detail on troop numbers, Haftar link) By Edward McAllister and David Lewis DAKAR, April 21 (Reuters) - Libya-based rebels have settheir sights on Chad's capital N'Djamena...

By Garba MuhammadKADUNA, Nigeria, April 21 (Reuters) - Kidnappers killed oneperson and took an unknown number of students from a universityin northwest Nigeria's restive Kaduna...

N'DJAMENA, April 21 (Reuters) - Rebel forces set theirsights on Chad's capital N'Djamena on Wednesday following thebattlefield death of President Idriss Deby, threatening to...

(Bloomberg) -- Chinese leader Xi Jinping will participate in a climate summit organized by U.S. President Joe Biden, a sign that climate issues are one area the two countries are...

* Deby killed with troops on front line, army says * Important Western ally in fight against jihadists * Son named interim president * Ruled for more than 30 years; just won...

* Violations of religious freedom are rising, report says* Report is particularly scathing about China and Myanmar * China and Myanmar have denied allegations of genocideBy Philip...

By John Irish and Tangi SalaünPARIS, April 20 (Reuters) - Chad's longtime ruler PresidentIdriss Deby, a Western ally in the fight against Islamistmilitants in Africa, was killed on...

ABUJA, April 16 (Reuters) - Nigeria has given the greenlight to telecoms firm operating in the country to resumeselling new SIM cards from Monday, four months after itsuspended...

(Recasts, adds details and quotes throughout)GENEVA, April 16 (Reuters) - Up to 65,000 people innortheastern Nigeria have fled their homes after an assault byarmed groups on a...

GENEVA, April 16 (Reuters) - Up to 65,000 people innortheastern Nigeria are on the run after an attack by armedgroups on Wednesday in which 8 people were killed and at least adozen...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, April 14 (Reuters) - Suspected Islamistsattacked the northeast Nigerian border town of Damasak, killingat least eight people and causing hundreds to flee...

(Bloomberg) -- China just slapped a record antitrust fine on Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) Group Holding Ltd. The company thanked the government and investors breathed a sigh of...

(Bloomberg) -- When the diplomatic emissaries of the Group of Seven nations met virtually late last month to prepare the ground for the leaders summit in June, one problem cropped...

By Angela Ukomadu and Alexis AkwagyiramLAGOS, April 9 (Reuters) - Chibueze Akukwe sticks a label ona bottle of an upmarket Nigerian spirit in a factory in Lagos.He hopes stylish...

ABUJA, April 8 (Reuters) - One army officer and 10 soldierswere killed in Nigeria's Benue state in what a spokesman saidwas an unprovoked attack on Thursday. The army said in a...

(Bloomberg) -- President Moon Jae-in’s Democratic Party was handed its worst defeat in five years in mayoral elections in South Korea’s two biggest cities, a troubling sign for his...

(Bloomberg) -- President Moon Jae-in’s Democratic Party could be headed for its biggest defeat in five years in mayoral elections Wednesday in South Korea’s two biggest cities, a...