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Chinese firm to build rural road in Nigeria

A Chinese construction firm has formally commenced the construction of a road to open up rural areas in Nigeria's northeastern state of Gombe, aiming to boost the local economy. The road construction, handled by the Eighteenth Engineering Company (EEC) Nigeria...

Gunmen kidnap American in Uganda; $500,000 ransom demanded

An American woman and her driver have been kidnapped at...

Algeria's Bouteflika ends 20-year rule after mass protests

Algeria’s ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned on Tuesday, succumbing to...

IS claims killing of Canadian geologist in Burkina Faso

Islamic State carried out the kidnapping and killing of a...

Algeria's president to quit before mandate ends April 28

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will resign before his mandate ends...

UN chief wants democratic transition in Algeria

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday that he welcomed...

Pope reaches Morocco for two-day trip

Pope Francis reached Morocco on Saturday to start a two-day...

Burundi bans BBC, suspends Voice of America

Central African nation Burundi has banned the BBC and indefinitely...

Pro-democracy protesters march again in Algeria

Tens of thousands of chanting, banner-waving protesters marched though Algiers...

Death toll from Mali Fulani massacre rises to 157

The death toll from Saturday’s attack by unknown gunmen on...

Mali president disbands vigilante group after Fulani massacre

Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita sacked and replaced two generals...

Death toll from Mozambique cyclone reaches 446

Mozambique has recorded more deaths from a cyclone and floods...

Mali gunmen kill at least 134 Fulani herders as UN visits

Gunmen killed at least 134 Fulani herders in central Mali...

Al Shabaab car bomb blast rocks Somali ministry building

Central Mogadishu was shaken on Saturday by a car bomb...

Youngest captain, loving son: Ethiopian pilots honoured in death

The dreams of the two young men soared as high...

Death toll in Mozambique cyclone crosses 200

The number of people killed after a powerful cyclone and...

Boat sinks off Libyan coast, 10 migrants die

At least 10 migrants died when their boat sank off...

Cyclone death toll could surpass 1000, Mozambique president says

The number of people killed in a powerful storm and...

1,000 feared dead in Mozambique in Cyclone Idai: President Nyusi

The death toll in Mozambique from Cyclone Idai could reach...

At least 89 die as Cyclone Idai batters Zimbabwe

At least 89 people have died in Zimbabwe after Cyclone...

Similarities between Ethiopian and Indonesian jet crashes found

Ethiopia says the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that...

Gunmen attack Mali army base, kill at least 16

Gunmen attacked and briefly seized a Malian army base overnight,...

BEA says it downloaded recorder data of crashed jet

Data from the cockpit voice recorder of the Ethiopian jet...

Cyclone leaves 24 people dead in Zimbabwe

At least 24 people have died in south eastern Zimbabwe...

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