International

Three of Africa’s largest extremist groups are sharing funds and swapping explosives in what could signal a dangerous escalation of security threats on the continent, the commander of the U.S. military’s Africa Command said on Monday.

Unions representing about 1.3 million South African state workers and the government have narrowed differences on a wage deal, nearing a settlement on pay rises that could add more than $1 billion to budget spending.

Nato has begun meeting in special session after Syria shot down a Turkish plane - an act condemned by Turkey as a “serious threat” to regional peace.

A wave of tit-for-tat attacks between two cattle rearing ethnic groups in South Sudan earlier this year left nearly 900 people dead, a UN report said Monday.