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At least 60 killed as fighting surges in South Sudan 17 Oct 2016 - 02:15 pm

Malakal, South Sudan: At least 56 rebels and four government troops were killed in heavy weekend clashes in northeastern South Sudan, in a...

Attack on Niger prison foiled: interior minister 17 Oct 2016 - 01:49 pm

NIAMEY, Niger: Niger's interior minister said gunmen attacked early Monday a maximum security prison in Koutoukale housing high-profile terrorists. Mohamed Bazzoum said on...

At least 56 rebels killed in weekend fighting in S.Sudan 17 Oct 2016 - 12:44 pm

Malakal, South Sudan: At least 56 rebels and four government soldiers were killed over the weekend as heavy clashes erupted in northeastern South...

11 dead, 50,000 displaced in week of Somali bloodshed: UN 15 Oct 2016 - 03:38 pm

Mogadishu: A week of violent clashes between rival forces in northern Somalia has killed 11 people and forced more than 50,000 to flee,...

Nine arrested after South Africa police, students clash again in Johannesburg 15 Oct 2016 - 12:00 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Nine people were arrested after overnight clashes in Johannesburg between police and students demanding free education, police said on Saturday. The latest...

US aid worker kidnapped in Niger - town mayor 15 Oct 2016 - 11:14 am

NIAMEY: Gunmen raided the house of a U.S. aid worker in central Niger overnight, killing his two guards before driving him off across...

150 nations agree major deal in Rwanda to cut greenhouse gases 15 Oct 2016 - 08:19 am

KIGALI: More than 150 nations meeting in Rwanda hammered out a global deal to cut back on greenhouse gases used in refrigerators and...

Boko Haram frees 21 kidnapped Chibok girls: Nigerian government 13 Oct 2016 - 07:23 pm

ABUJA: Jihadist group Boko Haram has freed 21 of more than 200 girls it kidnapped in April 2014 in the northern Nigerian town...

Women climb Africa's highest mountain to call for land rights 13 Oct 2016 - 03:04 pm

NAIROBI: As soon as Ann Ondaye's husband died, his two brothers took all the Kenyan widow's possessions: the television, bicycle, a fishing boat...

Kenya Airways to stop ticket sales unless pilots drop strike threat 13 Oct 2016 - 09:55 am

NAIROBI: Kenya Airways said on Thursday it will be forced to halt ticket sales unless its pilots withdraw a strike threat that has...

8 killed, 15 injured as bomb hits Nigeria's Maiduguri 12 Oct 2016 - 04:06 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: At least eight people were killed and 15 others injured in a Wednesday morning bomb blast in Maiduguri, the birthplace of...

Burundi lawmakers vote to withdraw from ICC 12 Oct 2016 - 03:02 pm

Bujumbura, Burundi: Burundi's lower house of parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), after the UN began...

Violent college protests spread to South Africa's Cape Town 12 Oct 2016 - 02:33 pm

CAPE TOWN, South Africa: Campus security guards were reportedly locked inside a burning building as rampaging students set fire to the main entrance...

South Sudan rebel leader heads to South Africa for medical tests 12 Oct 2016 - 09:46 am

Khartoum: South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar, a pariah for the West since his call last month for renewed civil war, headed to...

Burundi suspends dealings with UN human rights body 11 Oct 2016 - 05:59 pm

BUJUMBURA, Burundi:Burundi suspended cooperation with the UN’s human rights arm on Tuesday, accusing it of creating “false controversy” with claims of violence against...

Nigeria: Lawmakers blast 'gestapo' raids on judges 11 Oct 2016 - 03:57 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s Senate Tuesday condemned weekend raids on the homes and arrest of at least seven judges, arguing that the secret police’s...