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Islamist attack in northeast Nigeria kills dozens

-- 2018-09-08 21:33:47

Many people are feared dead after an Islamist militant attack on the northeast Nigerian town of Gudumbali, two residents and a vigilante said on Saturday. The Nigerian government in June ordered thou...

75 people get death penalty in Egypt over 2013 sit-in

-- 2018-09-08 15:35:17

Egypt has sentenced 75 people to death, including prominent Islamist leaders, over a 2013 pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in which ended with the killing of hundreds of protesters, judicial sources said on...

S Sudan soldiers face jail terms for raping aid workers

-- 2018-09-06 16:43:59

A military court in South Sudan has sentenced 10 soldiers to jail terms ranging from seven years to life for raping foreign aid workers and murdering a local journalist. The court also ordered South...

Ethiopia reopens embassy in Eritrea

-- 2018-09-06 13:36:12

Ethiopian and Eritrean leaders reopened Ethiopia’s embassy in the Eritrean capital Asmara on Thursday, state affiliated Ethiopian Fana Broadcasting said. Reuters reported citing Fana Broadcasti...

Blast at South African munitions depot kills eight

-- 2018-09-04 12:58:46

At least eight people were killed in an explosion at a South African munitions depot in Somerset West, near Cape Town, but the cause of the incident was still unknown, a fire and rescue official said...

Congo top court excludes rival leader from presidential election

-- 2018-09-04 11:57:43

Democratic Republic of Congo’s top court on Monday definitively excluded opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba from December’s presidential election because of a witness tampering conviction...

Some 400 prisoners escape jail amid chaos in Libya’s Tripoli

-- 2018-09-03 11:06:31

Some 400 prisoners escaped from a jail in Libya's capital on Sunday while fighting between rival armed groups raged nearby, a judiciary official said as the United Nations called for the warring parti...

Suicide bomber attacks govt office in Somalia, school collapses

-- 2018-09-02 18:36:50

A suicide bomber on Sunday attacked a government office in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, causing a nearby school to collapse, said police. The car bomb in Howlwadag district killed three soldiers an...

Islamist militants kill up to 30 Nigerian soldiers

-- 2018-09-02 10:49:10

Islamist militants have killed up to 30 soldiers in an attack on a military base in northeast Nigeria, security sources said on Saturday, in one of the biggest attacks of its kind this year. Thursday...

Protests erupt in Uganda after lawmakers detained at airport

-- 2018-09-01 13:47:17

Protests erupted in the Ugandan capital on Friday after police detained two lawmakers at the international airport as they prepared to travel abroad for medical care, witnesses said. People demonstra...

10 die in South Africa bus crash

-- 2018-08-30 15:24:54

At least ten people died after a bus travelling from South Africa’s Cape Town to the Eastern Cape overturned in the early hours of Thursday morning, traffic officials said. The accident occurre...

Egypt's security forces kill 20 ‘militants’ in western desert, Sinai

-- 2018-08-30 13:49:48

Egypt has killed 20 suspected militants in an air strike in its western desert and shootouts in the Sinai peninsula, the military said on Wednesday, part of ongoing operations. The government launche...

Police arrests Kenya’s deputy chief justice for alleged corruption

-- 2018-08-28 22:31:04

Kenya’s deputy chief justice Philomena Mwilu was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of corruption, failure to pay tax, and improper dealings with a local bank now in receivership, the police and t...

UK PM to promise Africa investment boost

-- 2018-08-28 13:37:47

Theresa May is to announce plans to boost Britain's investment in Africa after Brexit, during her first trip to the continent as prime minister. At a speech later, May will say she is "unashamed" abo...

Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as Zimbabwe's President

-- 2018-08-26 17:00:42

Emmerson Mnangagwa took the oath as Zimbabwe's President in front of a stadium crowd on Sunday after a divisive election, as US observers of that vote questioned the country's democratic credentials,...

Cops confront, kill four militants in Egypt

-- 2018-08-26 13:05:37

Egyptian security forces on Saturday killed four suspected militants who had tried to attack a police checkpoint in northern Sinai, state news agency MENA reported, as troops pushed ahead with an oper...

1,000 Cameroonian soldiers to join UN forces

-- 2018-08-26 12:23:09

Cameroon has deployed a 5th contingent of its troops for a stabilisation and peace-keeping mission to neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR), Cameroon's Defense Minister Joseph Beti Assomo said....

Kofi Annan’s burial on Sept 13 in Ghana

-- 2018-08-25 11:52:21

Former United Nations chief and Noble prize laureate Kofi Annan will be buried in his home country Ghana on Sept 13, the West African nation’s president said on Friday. Nana Akufo-Addo told a d...

Islamist militant attack kills 19 in Nigeria

-- 2018-08-20 13:05:12

At least 19 people were killed in an Islamist militant attack on a village in northeast Nigeria in the early hours of Sunday, a survivor of the attack said. The strike is the latest blow to Nigeria&r...

Egypt’s sisi approves law tightening control over internet

-- 2018-08-19 14:16:55

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has signed a new law that tightens controls over the internet. The legislation on "cybercrime" means websites can be blocked in Egypt if deemed to constitute a...

Algerian president Bouteflika fires two senior army generals

-- 2018-08-18 15:39:29

Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika dismissed two senior generals, the presidency said, a fresh upheaval in the OPEC oil producer’s power structure ahead of a presidential election ne...

Tanzania electoral body tasks US to prove irregularity allegations

-- 2018-08-17 18:01:22

Tanzania’s electoral commission has tasked the United States to prove allegations it made on Wednesday, saying by-elections held on August 12 were marred by violence and intimidation. In a stat...

Mali President Keita wins re-election

-- 2018-08-17 13:52:14

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been re-elected as president after beating opposition candidate, Soumaila Cisse, in a runoff vote, the government said on Thursday. Keita won 67 per cent...

24 schoolchildren die in Sudan boat capsize

-- 2018-08-16 13:33:34

At least 24 children on their way to school and a health worker have drowned when their boat sank in northern Sudan. More than 40 children were on the boat, whose engine failed in a strong current as...

Libya court sentences 45 to death over 2011 killings

-- 2018-08-16 11:27:49

A Libyan appeals court has sentenced 45 people to death by firing squad for killings committed in the capital, Tripoli, during a 2011 uprising, according to a statement from the justice ministry. The...

Uganda cops arrest three MP’s after attack at Museveni’s convoy

-- 2018-08-15 13:00:33

Ugandan police arrested three opposition lawmakers and scores of others after stones were thrown at the convoy of President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the country since 1986. Supporters of indepe...

Paramilitaries kill at least 40 in Ethiopia

-- 2018-08-14 10:43:15

At least 40 people were killed by paramilitary forces in eastern Ethiopia over the weekend, a senior regional official said on Monday, in the latest spate of violence driven by ethnic divisions. Unre...

Nigerian troops protest against redeployment in restive region

-- 2018-08-13 16:08:20

Nigerian troops staging a protest at the airport in the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Sunday shot into the air for around four hours, soldiers and local people said. There were no reports of any...

Sudan ruling party backs Bashir as candidate for 2020 election

-- 2018-08-11 14:23:44

Sudan’s ruling party says it will back its leader President Omar al-Bashir as a candidate in the 2020 election, state news agency SUNA reported on Friday, a move that would require a constitutio...

Congo’s president Kabila pulls out of long-delayed election

-- 2018-08-09 11:36:39

Congo’s President Joseph Kabila will not stand in the election scheduled for December, a spokesman said, finally agreeing to obey a two-term limit but picking a hard-core loyalist under European...