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Ethiopia jails soldiers who marched on PM palace to up to 14 years 15 Dec 2018 - 03:43 pm

ADDIS ABABA: A military court in Ethiopia on Saturday jailed 66 soldiers for between five and 14 years for marching on Prime Minister...

2 female suicide bombers die in northern Cameroon attack 15 Dec 2018 - 02:32 pm

YAOUNDE, Cameroon: A Cameroon official says two female suicide bombers have died after detonating in a northern town near the Nigerian border. The...

Supporters of Somali former militant clash with police in Baidoa, 11 dead 14 Dec 2018 - 11:45 am

MOGADISHU, At least 11 Somalis were killed in the southern city of Baidoa on Thursday and early Friday in clashes between police and...

Gunmen kill more than 40 Tuaregs in ongoing Mali violence 13 Dec 2018 - 02:55 pm

BAMAKO: Gunmen on motorbikes have killed more than 40 Tuareg civilians this week in north Mali, where clashes over land and scarce water...

Kenyan police: Key suspect in Italian's kidnapping arrested 11 Dec 2018 - 05:59 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: Kenyan police officials on Tuesday said they have detained the man they believe to be responsible for the kidnapping of an...

Death toll from Ebola in Congo rises to 235 10 Dec 2018 - 03:27 pm

DAKAR, Senegal: The death toll from Ebola has risen to 235 in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the start of an outbreak...

Opposition parties in Tanzania say proposed law will criminalise them 09 Dec 2018 - 11:18 pm

DAR ES SALAAM: Ten opposition parties in Tanzania say proposed amendments to a law governing political parties would criminalise their activities. Critics of...

Boko Haram kills two soldiers in Nigeria attack 09 Dec 2018 - 04:12 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Two soldiers were killed when suspected Boko Haram fighters loyal to factional leader Abubakar Shekau attacked a military base in northeast...

Roadside blast injures three in northeast Kenya -official 08 Dec 2018 - 08:05 pm

NAIROBI: Three people were injured by an explosion on a highway in northeast Kenya on Saturday, an official told Reuters, without saying who...

Nigerian president sends electoral bill back to assembly 07 Dec 2018 - 08:06 pm

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari sent the 2018 electoral bill back to the National Assembly, his legislative adviser, Ita Enang, said, without revealing whether...

Cameroon separatist leader goes on trial for 'terrorism' 06 Dec 2018 - 09:45 pm

Yaoundé: A separatist leader from the anglophone west of Cameroon went on trial Thursday on charges of "terrorism" and "secession" over unrest that...

UN rights office: Burundi's government has asked us to leave 06 Dec 2018 - 02:09 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: The United Nations human rights office says Burundi's government has asked it to leave. Spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani in Geneva confirms that...

Togo bans opposition protests 06 Dec 2018 - 01:56 pm

Lome: Togo's government has banned a series of planned opposition protests on security grounds, saying the marches posed a security risk. A coalition...

The battle to save Central African Republic's starving children 06 Dec 2018 - 08:46 am

Bangui, Central African Republic, The line of parents waiting to see doctors stretches back outside the hospital into the dusty courtyard. Mums and...

Ivories seized during undercover operation 06 Dec 2018 - 01:50 am

Police officers show seized 11 pieces of ivory weighing 55 kg estimated to be of street value 5.5 million Kenyan Shilling (about 47.300...

Five dead in Burkina bomb attack 01 Dec 2018 - 04:08 pm

Ouagadougou: Five people, four of them police, were killed when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED) in Burkina Faso, security sources...

Madagascar president concedes defeat in polls - statement 01 Dec 2018 - 10:20 am

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar's president, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, conceded defeat in his bid for a second term after managing a distant third in the first round...

South Africa's High Court rejects white farmers' challenge to land expropriation plans 01 Dec 2018 - 02:10 am

CAPE TOWN: South Africa's High Court rejected a legal challenge on Friday brought by a group representing white farmers against President Cyril Ramaphosa's...