Africa

8 years ago
Africa French forces kill militants in Mali forest

France says its forces in West Africa have killed or captured more than 20 militants in a forest near Mali's border with Burkina Faso.

8 years ago
Africa Senegal court upholds war crimes ruling against Habré

A special court in Senegal on Thursday upheld former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré's life sentence for war crimes, crimes against humanity and...

8 years ago
Africa French Voters in Africa Back Macron, Reject Le Pen

Six of the seven countries are former French colonies; Rwanda was colonized by Belgium and was mainly French-speaking before the current Rwandan...

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Africa Trump should revoke the visas of corrupt Nigerian rulers

Allen Grane and I have recently written a Council Special Report urging the Trump administration to make support of anti-corruption efforts by the...

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Africa Nigerian security thwarts Boko Haram plan to target US, UK embassies

The statement said five suspects who had been based in Benue State and the Federal Capital Territory were arrested.

8 years ago
Africa Dozens killed in twin bomb attacks at churches in Egypt: reports

EGYPT’S Health Ministry says an explosion at a church in the coastal city of Alexandria has killed 11 people, and wounded at least 35 others.

8 years ago
Africa French soldier killed in 'clash with terrorists' in Mali

A French soldier has been killed in a "clash with terrorists" in southeast Mali near the border with Burkina Faso, the French presidential office...

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Africa Four Day-Old Baby Among Migrants Rescued From Mediterranean Sea

The baby was travelling on one of two rubber boats carrying over 200 migrants from North and Central Africa, Sri Lanka and Yemen

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Africa Ivory Coast's ex-first lady Simone Gbagbo acquitted of crimes against humanity

An Ivory Coast jury on Tuesday acquitted former first lady Simone Gbagbo of crimes against humanity during the 2010-11 post-election crisis in a...

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Africa Militia Fighters Decapitate 40 Police Officers In Congo

More than 400 people have been killed in the insurgency.

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Africa Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak freed from detention

Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak left a military hospital on Friday where he had spent much of his six-year detention, his lawyer said.

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Africa Ghana: Accident at popular Kintampo waterfalls kills 20 students

National fire service spokesman Prince Billy Anaglate reportedly said that 18 students were confirmed dead

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Africa King of Morocco names Saad Eddine El Othmani as new prime minister

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has named Saad Eddine El Othmani of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) as the country’s new prime minister...

8 years ago
Africa Mubarak to be released from prison after acquittal in protester deaths

Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak is to be released this week, his lawyer said on Monday, after an appeals court acquitted him of involvement in...

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Africa Nigeria President Buhari: I've never been so sick

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has said he has never been "so sick" as he has felt in recent weeks.

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Africa South Africa's SASSA crisis: Lumka Oliphant refuses English interview

A row has broken out in South Africa after a government official refused to conduct a radio interview in English.

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Africa South African anti-immigrant protesters clash with migrants

South African police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to break up clashes between local protesters and migrants in Pretoria on Friday at a march...

8 years ago
Africa South African anti-immigrant protesters clash with migrants

South African police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to break up clashes between local protesters and migrants in Pretoria on Friday at a march...

8 years ago
Africa The bodies of 74 migrants have washed ashore in Libya according to Libya’s Red Crescent

SCORES of bodies, presumably of African migrants, washed ashore in Libya, in the western city of Zawiya on the Mediterranean Sea, Libya’s Red Crescent...

8 years ago
Africa Angola's President Dos Santos anoints deputy Lourenco

Angola's long-time President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has confirmed he will step down before August's poll and has announced his likely successor.

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