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Explosion rocks Zimbabwe president's rally

-- 2018-06-23 20:15:15

An explosion has hit a rally attended by Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the city of Bulawayo. Footage from the blast at White City Stadium appears to show Mr Mnangagwa leaving the stage aft...

Explosion at Ethiopian PM’s rally kills one

-- 2018-06-23 18:34:54

An explosion struck a huge rally for Ethiopia’s reformist new prime minister on Saturday shortly after he spoke and was waving to the cheering crowd that turned out to support sweeping changes i...

Blast strikes new Ethiopian PM’s rally

-- 2018-06-23 14:09:28

An explosion has shaken a rally for Ethiopia’s new PM Abiy Ahmed which was being attended by thousands of people in Addis Ababa. Ahmed was taken away by security personnel immediately after his...

S Sudan rules out rebel leader Machar’s participation in govt

-- 2018-06-23 13:31:19

South Sudan offered to allow a rebel representative to join its government on Friday, but ruled out Riek Machar, saying they had “had enough” of the rebel leader after five years of civil...

Congo opposition leader Bemba expected home in July

-- 2018-06-22 16:19:58

Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, whose war crimes convictions were quashed last month, is expected to return to Congo next month for a party congress to select a candidate for December&r...

Algeria blocks internet to prevent cheating in school exams

-- 2018-06-21 11:53:20

Algeria has turned off its internet nationwide during high school exams in a bid to tackle cheating. Internet service, both mobile and fixed line, will go off for an hour after the start of each high...

S Sudan rebel leader in Ethiopia for talks with president Kiir

-- 2018-06-20 15:08:44

South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar arrived in Ethiopia on Wednesday for a meeting with South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, as part of talks to try to negotiate an end to a five-year-ol...

Kenya orders release on bail of 43 suspects in $100m graft case

-- 2018-06-19 15:44:14

A Kenyan high court judge ordered on Tuesday the release on bail of 43 suspects in a $100 million graft case related to money lost at the government-run National Youth Service training scheme. The su...

Plane crashes in Madagascar, killing all five on board

-- 2018-06-19 15:38:00

An airplane belonging to a private company crashed in Antananarivo on Monday killing all five people on board, the Civil Aviation of Madagascar said in a statement, without disclosing the cause of the...

Explosive device attack kills eight Kenyan police officials

-- 2018-06-18 11:13:00

Eight Kenyan police officials were killed in the eastern part of the country on Sunday after their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device planted by Somalia’s al Shabaab militant group, poli...

Suicide blasts in Nigeria kill at least 31

-- 2018-06-17 18:34:31

Suspected Boko Haram jihadists killed at least 31 people in a twin suicide bomb attack on a town in northeast Nigeria, a local official and militia leader on Sunday. Two blasts ripped through the tow...

Nicaragua agrees during crisis talks to allow probe of deadly unrest

-- 2018-06-16 11:56:06

In a surprise announcement, Nicaragua's influential Catholic bishops late Friday said rival government and civil delegates had agreed to create a "verification" commission and invite independent inter...

Police kill man who stabbed dead two people at SA mosque

-- 2018-06-14 13:27:19

South African police say a man with a knife fatally stabbed two people and wounded several others at a mosque near Cape Town before police shot and killed the attacker. Investigators are not immediat...

S Sudan rebel leader agrees to hold talks with president

-- 2018-06-14 12:19:43

South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar has accepted an invitation from the Ethiopian Prime Minister to talks with South Sudanese president Salva Kiir in Addis Ababa next week, a spokesman for Machar...

Six million struggling to get food in Africa’s Sahel: UN

-- 2018-06-13 12:19:36

The UN humanitarian chief has warned that nearly 6 million people are struggling to get food in West Africa’s Sahel region and severe malnutrition is threatening the lives of 1.6 million childre...

Nigerian authority foils world cup child trafficking attempt

-- 2018-06-12 11:32:25

Nigerian authorities say they have rescued nine young girls and one boy who were being trafficked to Russia. Five suspects, including a policeman and a quarantine officer, were arrested for allegedly...

Somalia suicide blast injures seven soldiers

-- 2018-06-10 12:10:29

A suicide car bomb explosion at a military base in Somalia has left seven soldiers injured, a military official said, and Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack. Al Shabaab f...

Somalia militant attack kills US soldier

-- 2018-06-09 10:52:36

A US special forces soldier has been killed in an attack by suspected al-Shabab militants in southern Somalia, officials say. Four other US soldiers and a Somali soldier were wounded in what appears...

Burundi President rules out 2020 run

-- 2018-06-08 12:32:17

Burundi’s long-serving President Pierre Nkurunziza has promised to step down when his term ends in 2020, easing fears of fresh violence in the impoverished country. Nkurunziza had been widely...

Egypt’s Sisi pardons 712 prisoners

-- 2018-06-07 12:46:08

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned 712 prisoners, the state news agency MENA said on Wednesday, and security sources said many of those freed were youth jailed for anti-government pr...

Egypt raises price of drinking water

-- 2018-06-06 11:02:27

Egypt has raised the price of piped drinking water by up to 45 per cent, the decision has been published in the country's official gazette. The rise also includes a 12 per cent increase in fees for s...

Ethiopia parliament approves govt’s move to lift state of emergency

-- 2018-06-05 14:58:40

Ethiopia’s parliament approved on Tuesday the government’s decision to lift a six-month state of emergency two months earlier than planned, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting reported. Th...

Zuma behind backlash against Ramaphosa, ANC ally says

-- 2018-06-04 15:17:59

South Africa’s former leader Jacob Zuma is impeding a crackdown on corruption by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) under President Cyril Ramaphosa, the head of the communist party sai...

Cattle thieves kill more than 20 people in Nigeria

-- 2018-06-03 18:15:40

Cattle thieves have killed more than 20 people in Nigeria's northern state of Zamfara, officials say. The thieves arrived in the village of Zanoka on motorbikes, shooting at people and setting fire t...

Egypt’s Sisi swears in for second presidential term

-- 2018-06-03 11:27:47

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been sworn in for a second term as Egypt’s president with a vow to fight “those who choose violence, terrorism and extremism”. Fighter jets flew overhead an...

Tanzania to issue mining licences through cabinet approval

-- 2018-06-02 17:06:16

Tanzania will issue large-scale mining licences only after cabinet approval, a senior official said on Friday, part of new measures aimed at further tightening control of the industry. The East Afric...

UN Security Council extends South Sudan sanctions

-- 2018-06-01 15:44:31

The UN Security Council voted on Thursday to renew some sanctions on South Sudan through mid-July and to consider imposing travel bans and asset freezes on six South Sudanese leaders if the country&rs...

Algeria seizes 700kg cocaine on container vessel

-- 2018-05-31 15:32:20

Algerian authorities have seized more than 700kg (1,543lb) of cocaine smuggled aboard a container ship and made 20 arrests. The vessel was carrying frozen meat from Brazil and had previously docked i...

Zimbabwe set to hold polls on July 30

-- 2018-05-30 15:05:30

Zimbabwe will hold its general elections on July 30, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Wednesday, the first since the army forced 94-year-old former president Robert Mugabe to resign last November....

Ethiopia releases Briton held on death row

-- 2018-05-30 13:06:52

British citizen Andargachew ‘Andy’ Tsege, who was being held on death row in Ethiopia, has been freed. He has been greeted by jubilant relatives and supporters at his family home in the c...