Tunisia has foiled 11 attempts by illegal migrants to cross the Mediterranean toward the Italian coast, National Guard Spokesman Houcemeddine Jbabli said on Friday. ‘Tunisian naval guards managed to rescue 253 illegal migrants, including 202 migrants of different African nationalities, from sinking boats sailing to the Italian coasts,’ Jbabli said in a statement. The rescue operations occurred late Sunday night

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday congratulated Cyril Ramaphosa on his re-election as president of the African National Congress (ANC), South Africa’s ruling party. In his message, Xi said he is glad to hear of Ramaphosa’s re-election, and would like to extend sincere congratulations to him. Xi also wishes Ramaphosa new and greater success. Xi pointed out that the Communist

Islamist militant attacks increased this past year in the Sahel region, leading to political instability that saw a coup in Mali, an attempted coup in Niger, and calls for Burkina Faso’s president to resign. Burkina Faso experienced the deadliest terro…

South Africans took their last opportunity to pay their respects to Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Friday, the eve of the revered anti-apartheid fighter’s funeral.Since Thursday, nearly 3,000 mourners have filed through Cape Town’s St. George’s Cathedral b…