Mali leader sacks generals, disbands vigilantes after massacre

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita sacked and replaced two generals and disbanded an anti-jihadi vigilante group on Sunday, a day after...

U.S. Airstrike Kills 35 Al-Shabaab Suspects in Somalia

"Precision strikes" killed 35 al-Shabab fighters as the group was attempting to "mass their forces" in Somalia, the US ...

Blackstone Group, the World's Largest Alternative Investment Firm is Pulling out of Africa

Investment firm  Blackstone Group LP  is scaling back its bet on Africa, almost five years after it made a commitment to spend billions of d...