Government troops quelled a rebellion, but many analysts said it was only a matter of time before President Isaias Afwerki is overthrown.

The known death toll from the four-day hostage siege in Algeria rose on Monday, news reports said, after Algerian officials said that security forces had discovered many more corpses.

In taking on the militants, Western nations are confronting multinational bands that are often able to move with relative freedom across porous African borders.

Koumtog Laotegguelnodji, a former diplomat from Chad, sought asylum for himself and his family after opposing a change to his country’s presidential term limits.