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Five die in Somalia football match bombing

A bomb killed up to five spectators at a football match in southern Somalia, police and a lawmaker said on Friday, the first time an explosion has targeted a stadium. The blast went off in the port town of Barawe,...

UN labels C African corpse protest as ‘propaganda’

The UN says protesters who placed corpses in front of...

Mozambique to hold polls in October 2019

Mozambique will hold presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections on October...

Military plane crashes in Algeria; over 250 dead

More than 100 people were killed when an Algerian military...

Kenya bus plunge kills 17

A Kenyan official says a bus has plunged into the...

Nigeria’s Buhari confirms he’s running in 2019

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari confirmed that he will seek another...

Somali parliament speaker resigns, ending political crisis

The speaker of Somalia’s parliament, Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari, has...

Ethiopian PM vows to end violence in clash-torn region

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed travelled to a region where...

Army in Mali kills 14 jihadist suspects

Mali’s army said on Saturday it had killed 14 jihadist...

Ethiopia restores internet services

Mobile internet services have been restored in many areas of...

UN peacekeepers die in mortar attack in Mali

Two United Nations peacekeepers have been killed in a mortar...

Robbers blow up Nigerian banks with dynamites

Armed robbers Friday blew up the entrances of five banks...

Former SA President Zuma due in court

South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma is due in court...

Cameroon security forces free 18 hostages

Twelve Europeans and six Cameroonians, who were seized by ‘secessionist...

C Africa militia attack kills UN peacekeeper; 21 others dead

Christian militias stormed a UN base in southern Central Africa...

Zambia hands ultimatum to Cuban ambassador to leave country

The Zambian government on Sunday has issued a seven day...

Six South African workers die in petrol bomb attack

Six miners were killed when unknown attackers threw a petrol...

Sisi gets second term as Egypt’s president

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has been re-elected for a...

South Africa's Winnie Mandela dies

South Africa's anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela died on Monday at...

Al Shabab militants attack peacekeeper base in Somalia

Islamist militants have launched a gun and bomb attack on...

Botswana’s new president vows to tackle youth unemployment

Botswana’s new president, sworn in on Sunday as the landlocked...

ICC takes Mali war crimes suspect into custody

The International Criminal Court in the Hague has taken into...

Sierra Leone votes to pick new president

Sierra Leone called out to vote on Saturday in the...

Car bomb rocks Libya killing five

At least five people were killed and six wounded when...

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