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Experts doubt Nigeria’s ‘victory against Boko Haram’ 31 Dec 2016 - 01:58 am

Experts yet again doubt tall claims made by the Nigerian president and the military that the war against Boko Haram has been won. ...

6.2 quake hits eastern Indonesia 31 Dec 2016 - 01:07 am

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck yesterday off the island of Sumbawa in eastern Indonesia, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said....

Three dead in Congo jail mutiny 31 Dec 2016 - 01:07 am

Three people died and four suffered bullet injuries during a short-lived mutiny at a jail in Brazzaville, the prosecutor said. The unrest broke...

Burundi president hints at fourth term 31 Dec 2016 - 01:05 am

Nairobi: Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza, whose controversial election to a third term in 2015 triggered a political crisis, hinted yesterday he might seek...

Talks on Kabila exit faltering: Opposition 31 Dec 2016 - 01:02 am

Kinshasa: Talks to ease Congo President Joseph Kabila out of power next year and quell protests over him overstaying his mandate are hanging...

Malians flown out of Libya recount ordeal 31 Dec 2016 - 01:00 am

Bamako: Dozens of Malian migrants kept locked up in Libyan jails after failing to make it onto boats bound for Europe have arrived...

Floods in DR Congo kill at least 50: provincial governor 29 Dec 2016 - 12:06 pm

Kinshasa: Floods triggered by heavy rains and a river bursting its banks have killed at least 50 people and left thousands homeless in...

31 Boko Haram fighters surrender 28 Dec 2016 - 10:25 pm

Niamey: Dozens of Boko Haram fighters have given themselves up to authorities in southern Niger, the interior minister said, days after the Islamist...

Prison escapee dies in South Africa 28 Dec 2016 - 10:22 pm

A PRISONER who escaped twice from high-security jails in South Africa died while being treated for an illness that guards reportedly at first...

Gambians turn back to migration as political impasse drags 28 Dec 2016 - 07:01 pm

Banjul, Gambia: Ansu Sanyang was ready. Sick of providing so little for his parents and sisters with any work he could find, the...

Floods in southwest Congo kill at least 50 28 Dec 2016 - 06:39 pm

KINSHASA: Flooding this week in the Democratic Republic of Congo port city of Boma killed at least 50 people and left another 10,000...

Dozens of Boko Haram fighters surrender in southern Niger 28 Dec 2016 - 02:18 pm

NIAMEY: Dozens of Boko Haram fighters have given themselves up to authorities in southern Niger, the interior minister said, days after the Islamist...

We don't see Africa from colonial perspective: Erdogan 28 Dec 2016 - 12:26 am

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey doesn't see Africa from colonial perspective. In a joint press conference with Guinean...

Police raid Ugandan mosque; arrest 18 27 Dec 2016 - 10:45 pm

Uganda Police has confirmed the arrest of 18 people found at Nakasero mosque during an early morning raid in central Kampala yesterday. A...

3,000 return to hometown reclaimed from Boko Haram 27 Dec 2016 - 10:41 pm

Maiduguri: More than 3,000 people in northeast Nigeria who were forced to flee the seven-year insurgency waged by Islamist militants have returned to...

South Sudan pins hope on national dialogue for peace 27 Dec 2016 - 11:47 am

JUBA, South Sudan: The announcement earlier this month by South Sudan’s president of the start of a national dialogue in the war-torn country...

At least 30 dead in Uganda ferry accident 26 Dec 2016 - 10:17 pm

Kampala: At least 30 Ugandan members of a village football team and their fans drowned on Sunday when their boat capsized on Lake...

DR Congo troops killed 10 soldiers from Burundi: army 26 Dec 2016 - 06:14 pm

Bukavu, DR Congo: Democratic Republic of Congo troops killed 10 soldiers from neighbouring Burundi after they crossed the border last week in pursuit...