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Nine killed in hotel attack in Somali capital

Nine killed in hotel attack in Somali capital

-- 2021-02-01 15:39:29

At least nine were killed after al Qaeda-linked Islamist insurgents stormed a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, battling security forces until the early hours of Monday, a police spokesman said....

Violence displaces over 200,000 in Central African Republic, UN says

Violence displaces over 200,000 in Central African Republic, UN says

Reuters 2021-01-29 17:00:14

More than 200,000 people have fled fighting in the Central African Republic since violence erupted over a December election result, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday, with nearly half cross...

Ugandan court orders freedom of opposition leader

Ugandan court orders freedom of opposition leader

Reuters 2021-01-26 15:09:05

A Ugandan court on Monday ordered the security forces to free opposition leader and pop star Bobi Wine, whose house arrest since a presidential election has drawn international pressure on President Y...

ICC has arrested African war crimes suspect Said

ICC has arrested African war crimes suspect Said

-- 2021-01-25 13:31:55

The International Criminal Court on Sunday said it had taken into custody a former Central African Republic commander of the “Seleka” faction suspected of war crimes and crimes against hum...

Pirates kidnap 15 sailors from Turkish container ship off Nigeria

Pirates kidnap 15 sailors from Turkish container ship off Nigeria

Reuters 2021-01-25 13:02:33

Pirates off Nigeria’s coast kidnapped 15 sailors from a Turkish container ship in the Gulf of Guinea on Saturday in a brazen and violent attack that was farther from shore than usual. One sailo...

South African jazz 'giant' Jonas Gwangwa dies

South African jazz 'giant' Jonas Gwangwa dies

-- 2021-01-24 10:37:13

South Africa jazz trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, whose music powered the anti-apartheid struggle, died on Saturday aged 83, the presidency said. President Cyril Ramaphosa led the tributes to...

'Choose - I kill you or rape you': abuse accusations surge in Ethiopia's war

'Choose - I kill you or rape you': abuse accusations surge in Ethiopia's war

Reuters 2021-01-23 17:40:40

The young coffee seller said she was split from family and friends by an Ethiopian soldier at the Tekeze river, taken down a path, and given a harrowing choice. “He said: ‘Choose, either...

Africa's COVID-19 death rate tops global rate

Africa's COVID-19 death rate tops global rate

Reuters 2021-01-21 19:57:55

Africa's coronavirus case fatality rate stands at 2.5 per cent, higher than the global level of 2.2 per cent, a trend that is alarming experts, the head of the continent's disease control body said on...

Uganda accuses US ambassador of subversion for trying to visit candidate

Uganda accuses US ambassador of subversion for trying to visit candidate

-- 2021-01-20 10:35:31

Uganda accused the US ambassador on Tuesday of seeking to subvert last week’s presidential election by trying to visit the main opposition candidate at his home, which has been surrounded by sec...

Uganda accuses US envoy of subversion for trying to visit opposition candidate

Uganda accuses US envoy of subversion for trying to visit opposition candidate

-- 2021-01-19 18:13:14

Uganda accused the US ambassador on Tuesday of seeking to subvert last week’s presidential election by trying to visit the main opposition candidate at his home, which has been surrounded by sec...

Ugandan opposition challenges election result

Ugandan opposition challenges election result

REUTERS 2021-01-18 11:20:34

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine’s party said on Sunday that it was preparing to challenge President Yoweri Museveni’s election win and condemned what it called the house arrest of Wine...

Militia attack in Sudan's Darfur region claims 48 lives

Militia attack in Sudan's Darfur region claims 48 lives

-- 2021-01-17 19:18:58

At least 48 people died and 97 people were injured in a militia attack in Sudan's West Darfur state on Saturday, Sudan's state news agency SUNA said, citing a local doctors union. The attack came jus...

Uganda's Museveni takes lead in allegedly rigged polls

Uganda's Museveni takes lead in allegedly rigged polls

-- 2021-01-16 12:27:51

Long-time leader Yoweri Museveni had a commanding lead in Uganda’s presidential election according to preliminary results on Friday though his main rival Bobi Wine said there had been widespread...

46 civilians feared killed in eastern Congo attack

46 civilians feared killed in eastern Congo attack

-- 2021-01-15 19:19:57

At least 46 civilians are reported to have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior provincial official said on Thursday....

Uganda orders indefinite internet blackout

Uganda orders indefinite internet blackout

-- 2021-01-14 11:26:02

Uganda’s communications regulator ordered telecoms operators in the country to suspend all internet gateways from Wednesday evening until further notice, South African telecoms company MTN Gro...

Uganda bans social media ahead of presidential election

Uganda bans social media ahead of presidential election

Reuters 2021-01-12 20:02:59

Users complained on Tuesday that they were unable to access Facebook and WhatsApp, social media platforms being widely used for campaigning by all sides ahead of Thursday’s election in the East...

Ethiopian army kills 15 members of Tigray forces, capture eight others

Ethiopian army kills 15 members of Tigray forces, capture eight others

-- 2021-01-11 14:08:20

Ethiopia’s military said on Sunday it had killed 15 members of the Tigray region’s former ruling party and captured eight others, according to state-run TV. Citing a brigadier-general fro...

Over 20 at Mali wedding party killed in airstrike: Health worker

Over 20 at Mali wedding party killed in airstrike: Health worker

Reuters 2021-01-06 11:21:49

More than 20 people, including children, were killed in air strikes during a wedding ceremony in a remote desert area of central Mali on Sunday, a health worker with knowledge of the attack said on Tu...

70 civilians killed in suspected militant attacks in Niger

70 civilians killed in suspected militant attacks in Niger

-- 2021-01-03 20:56:19

At least 70 civilians were killed in simultaneous attacks on two villages by suspected Islamist militants in Niger, near the border zone with Mali, security sources said on Saturday. About 49 village...

Five killed, 14 wounded in Somalia suicide attack

Five killed, 14 wounded in Somalia suicide attack

-- 2021-01-02 20:46:22

A suicide bombing in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Saturday killed five people including two Turks, the Turkish health minister said. The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group claimed respons...

Reuters cameraman arrested in Ethiopia

Reuters cameraman arrested in Ethiopia

Reuters 2020-12-28 14:12:45

A Reuters cameraman, Kumerra Gemechu, was arrested in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Thursday and will be kept in custody for at least two weeks, his family said. He has not been charged. No re...

South Africa exceeds one million Covid cases

South Africa exceeds one million Covid cases

-- 2020-12-28 10:48:40

South Africa has become the first country on the continent to register more than one million Covid-19 cases. It comes just days after authorities confirmed that a new, faster-spreading, coronavirus v...

UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic before election

UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic before election

Reuters 2020-12-26 17:13:12

Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed in Central African Republic, the U.N. mission there said on Saturday, as the government and its allies tried to fend off a rebel offensive ahead of Sunday...

Delays at South Africa-Zimbabwe border leaves at least 15 dead

Delays at South Africa-Zimbabwe border leaves at least 15 dead

-- 2020-12-26 11:49:06

At least 15 people have died in recent weeks on the South African side of the Beitbridge border with Zimbabwe in lengthy queues that have been slowed by coronavirus screening, television news channel...

Ethiopia attack death toll reaches 222: Red Cross

Ethiopia attack death toll reaches 222: Red Cross

Reuters 2020-12-26 11:47:28

The death toll from a Wednesday attack in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia has risen to 222 people, a volunteer from the country’s Red Cross told Reuters on Friday. “Yeste...

As violence grips Ethiopia, June parliamentary vote announced

As violence grips Ethiopia, June parliamentary vote announced

Aljazeera 2020-12-25 18:50:34

Ethiopia will hold a parliamentary election on June 5, 2021, its National Electoral Board has said on Friday, after postponing the vote from August this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The cha...

Mali opposition leader and presidential hopeful Cisse dies

Mali opposition leader and presidential hopeful Cisse dies

Reuters 2020-12-25 18:40:38

The long-time leader of Mali’s opposition, Soumaila Cisse, has died at the age of 71, his spokesman said on Friday, two months after his release from lengthy captivity by Islamist insurgents. C...

Seven-year-old admirer of Elon Musk becomes Ugandan sensation

Seven-year-old admirer of Elon Musk becomes Ugandan sensation

-- 2020-12-25 12:04:45

A 7-year-old Ugandan boy has become a sensation in his country with his precocious display of aircraft knowledge and budding flying skills. Graham Shema has been interviewed on local television and h...

New coronavirus variant appears to emerge in Nigeria

New coronavirus variant appears to emerge in Nigeria

AP 2020-12-24 18:27:49

Another new variant of the coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria, Africa's top public health official said Thursday, but he added that further investigation was needed. The discovery could a...

20 die as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia

20 die as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia

-- 2020-12-24 17:17:05

At least 20 migrants from Africa died when their boat sank off Tunisia on Thursday as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to the Italian island of Lampedusa, a Tunisian security official told Reuter...