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US eases economic and trade sanctions on Sudan

US eases economic and trade sanctions on Sudan

BBC 2017-10-07 10:30:49

The US is lifting most of the economic and trade sanctions it first imposed on Sudan two decades ago. However Sudan will remain listed as a state sponsor of terror. US officials said Sudan had made...

Clashes leave four dead in Colombia

Clashes leave four dead in Colombia

-- 2017-10-06 11:53:04

At least four people were killed and 14 others injured in a confusing attack on protesting coca farmers in a rural area of Tumaco city of Colombia on Thursday. The authorities blamed on the dissident...

Three US troops die in Niger ambush

Three US troops die in Niger ambush

BBC 2017-10-05 10:01:02

Three US soldiers have been killed and two others wounded in an ambush in Niger near the border with Mali, reports say.  Several Nigerien soldiers are also said to have died in the attack. ...

Blasts hit two Ugandan MPs' homes

Blasts hit two Ugandan MPs' homes

-- 2017-10-03 03:44:11

Two Ugandan members of parliament say their residences have been attacked by people who lobbed explosive devices. The lawmakers, Allan Ssewanyana and Robert Kyagulanyi, said Tuesday they believe thei...

Eight die in Cameroon independence protests

Eight die in Cameroon independence protests

Reuters 2017-10-02 12:00:00

Soldiers shot dead at least eight people and wounded others in Cameroon’s restless English-speaking regions on Sunday during protests by activists calling for its independence from the majority...

Congo military cargo plane crashes

Congo military cargo plane crashes

-- 2017-09-30 07:41:01

A military cargo plane crashed in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa on Saturday, killing the crew, the director of the city’s main airport said. It was unclear how many crew...

Egypt's population stands at nearly 95 million

Egypt's population stands at nearly 95 million

-- 2017-09-30 07:00:21

Egypt said Saturday its population stands at nearly 95 million, in addition to an estimated 9.4 million who live abroad, according to the latest census figures, reports AP. The figures were announced...

Libya bans entry of US citizens in retaliation

Libya bans entry of US citizens in retaliation

Xinhua 2017-09-28 02:13:51

Libya's interim government on Wednesday announced it would ban entry of US citizens into Libyan territory in response to a decision by US President Donald Trump to suspend the entry of Libyans. The e...

Ugandan MPs brawl during debate

Ugandan MPs brawl during debate

BBC 2017-09-27 11:53:59

Chaotic scenes broke out in Uganda's parliament as MPs debated the contentious removal of the presidential age limit. Tempers flared and lawmakers were filmed brawling after it was alleged an MP had...

UN launches fresh push to end Libya crisis

UN launches fresh push to end Libya crisis

Xinhua 2017-09-27 01:49:43

UN Secretary-General Special Envoy for Libya Ghassan Salame launched a new round of talks on an action plan on Tuesday in order to solve the political crisis in Libya. The meetings in Tunis will disc...

Three cops die in Nigeria zoo attack

Three cops die in Nigeria zoo attack

BBC 2017-09-26 10:22:55

Three policemen have been killed by gunmen who attacked a zoo in Nigeria's mid-western Edo State, the police have told the BBC. The gunmen also abducted the head of the zoo, after they stormed the 75...

Uganda seeks backer for geophysical survey

Uganda seeks backer for geophysical survey

Reuters 2017-09-25 12:00:00

Uganda is looking for external assistance with an aerial geophysical survey of its northeastern Karamoja region, the country’s mineral development minister Peter Lokeris told the China Mining co...

UN peacekeepers in Congo hold record for rape, sex abuse

UN peacekeepers in Congo hold record for rape, sex abuse

-- 2017-09-23 09:30:10

She had been orphaned by a brutal conflict, but the 14-year-old Congolese girl found refuge in a camp protected by United Nations peacekeepers, reports AP.   The camp should have been safe the...

Buhari sees Myanmar crisis as genocide

Buhari sees Myanmar crisis as genocide

-- 2017-09-20 02:20:48

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday likened the violence in Myanmar against Rohingya Muslims to genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda, urging a halt to the “ongoing ethnic cleansing” a...

Nigerian Journo wins Komla Dumor award

Nigerian Journo wins Komla Dumor award

-- 2017-09-19 02:57:46

Amina Yuguda, a journalist from north-eastern Nigeria, has won the third BBC World News Komla Dumor Award.   Amina is a news presenter on local network Gotel Television, where she has reported...

Ethnic clashes displace 50,000 in Ethiopia

Ethnic clashes displace 50,000 in Ethiopia

-- 2017-09-18 03:33:11

The humanitarian crisis has worsened in catastrophic drought-stricken Ethiopia, where clashes have displaced around 50,000 people.   The clashes, along the border of Ethiopia’s Oromiya an...

Congo forces kill 37 Burundi migrants

Congo forces kill 37 Burundi migrants

BBC 2017-09-17 01:50:30

Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have shot dead 37 Burundian migrants who were protesting after four of their countrymen were expelled, the UN says.   Its peacekeeping missio...

Taxi war: Three more cars torched in S Africa

Taxi war: Three more cars torched in S Africa

Reuters 2017-09-15 01:18:06

A violent feud between South African metre taxi drivers and ride-hailing services Uber and Taxify escalated with another three vehicles torched using petrol bombs, police said on Thursday.   Dr...

Children smoking shisha sparks outrage on Twitter

Children smoking shisha sparks outrage on Twitter

-- 2017-09-14 07:43:12

Children as young as 11 years smoking shisha at cafes across Egypt has triggered an outrage on Twitter, according to Khaleej Times. In the pictures shared on Al Arabiya, these minors sitting in group...

Nigerian state governor imposes curfew

Nigerian state governor imposes curfew

-- 2017-09-14 03:44:11

A dusk-to-dawn curfew has been imposed in the main commercial hub in Nigeria's south-eastern Abia state following clashes between the military and activists of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). &n...

IS ambush on Egyptian police convoy kills 18

IS ambush on Egyptian police convoy kills 18

-- 2017-09-12 12:42:45

At least 18 policemen have been killed in an attack on a convoy in Egypt's Sinai peninsula claimed by so-called Islamic State, security sources say.   Militants detonated a roadside bomb near t...

Al Shabaab storms Somali military base, killing 10

Al Shabaab storms Somali military base, killing 10

Reuters 2017-09-11 12:00:00

Heavy fighting erupted on Monday in the Somali border town of Balad Hawo near Kenya after Al Shabaab detonated a suicide car bomb and then stormed the military base there, the spokesman of the al Qaed...

Tanzania opposition MP shot, wounded

Tanzania opposition MP shot, wounded

-- 2017-09-08 02:11:12

Tanzania’s opposition Chief Whip in Parliament Tundu Lissu, a fierce critic of President John Magufuli's government, has been shot and "seriously wounded" by unknown assailants on Thursday. &nb...

Al-Shabab militants attack Somalia army base

Al-Shabab militants attack Somalia army base

-- 2017-09-03 10:09:50

Al-Shabab fighters attacked a military base near Somalia's southern port city of Kismayu early on Sunday, a Somali army officer said, adding that he did not immediately have details of any casualties....