What next for Mali’s military leaders after shock of rebel offensive? BBC Mali military leader Goita emerges as Russia declares it halted coup Al Jazeera Mali leader says situation under control in first speech since attacks Reuters Mali Rebels Strike Major Blow Against Junta and Russia’s Africa Corps The New York Times Major blow to Putin in Africa as … Read more
A dispute between three elderly nuns who fled a retirement home to return to their abandoned convent has escalated with Roman Catholic authorities. On Friday, the sisters rejected an offer from church officials to stay in the nunnery “until further notice,” on the condition that they and their carers stay off social media. Christina Wirtenberger, … Read more
President Bashar al-Assad’s political survival was under threat on Saturday as his government battled opposition rebellions around the country and one of his most important allies, Iran, pared back military support. By Saturday morning, the main rebel offensive that began on Nov. 27 had reached the outskirts of the strategic city of Homs, only about … Read more
The armed men used guns and machetes to attack residents of villages in Beni territory, in North Kivu province. Rebel fighters affiliated with ISIL (ISIS) have killed at least 38 people in an overnight attack on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), officials and a civil society leader in the region have … Read more
The story of a Palestinian poet and a Christian Syrian professor who championed the Palestinian cause. Meet two Arab writers from different parts of the Middle East who shared a common cause – Muin Bseiso and Constantin Zurayk. Bseiso, a Palestinian poet who wrote about life in Gaza at a time when it was controlled … Read more