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Violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, which has wracked much of West Africas inland Sahel region for more than seven years, is spreading to the regions coastal states and Benin is the hardest hit.

Eleven people have been sentenced to life in prison in Ivory Coast on Wednesday after being convicted of carrying out an Islamic extremist attack that killed 19 people and injured dozens more on a tourist…

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) -- Eleven people were sentenced to life in prison in Ivory Coast on Wednesday after being convicted of carrying out an Islamic

The men were convicted of abetting an armed group’s attack on a beach resort that killed 19 people in Grand-Bassam.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Eleven people were sentenced to life in prison in Ivory Coast on Wednesday after being convicted of carrying out an Islamic…

Violence linked to Al Qaeda and Islamic State is spreading from inland West Africa to coastal states, and Benin is the hardest hit.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Red Cross said Wednesday that it had conducted rare visits to thousands of prisoners on both sides of Yemen’s eight-year civil war, a step that could pave the way for an exchange of detainees between the rival parties.

The Red Cross said Wednesday that it had conducted rare visits to thousands of prisoners on both sides of Yemen's eight-year civil war, a step that could pave the way for an exchange of detainees between the rival parties. Fabrizio Carboni, the International Committee of the Red Cross's director for the Middle East, told The…

Lebanon News, Breaking News | The Red Cross said Wednesday that it had conducted rare visits to thousands

The body's regional chief says that members of the organization had seen more than 3,400 individuals during a 10-day visit to a facility in Saudi Arabia and a separate trip to Yemen's capital, this fall