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Two killed in stabbing attack in South African mosque A man stabbed two people to death and wounded two others in an attack at a mosque in South Africa on Thursday, before being shot dead by police, officers said. Police have... more

Africa Uganda bus accident kills 48, including 16 children At least 48 people including 16 children died in northern Uganda when a bus hit a tractor driving with no lights at night and then a truck, the Red Cross said Saturday. "Evacuation... More
Africa 50 dead after boat sinks in northwest DR Congo Fifty people died in a boat accident on a river in remote northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), officials said on Friday. The accident happened on the Momboyo... More
Africa Boko Haram victims face abuse by Nigerian army Amnesty International yesterday urged Nigeria to act on claims soldiers and members of the civilian militia have raped women and girls in remote camps for people displaced... More
Africa 3 Ebola patients escape quarantine in Congo, 2 later die Three patients infected with the deadly Ebola virus escaped from a hospital holding them in quarantine in the Congo city of Mbandaka, an aid group said, as medics raced to... More
Europe UK pensioner convicted of sexually assaulting, raping children in Kenya A 72-year-old British man was convicted on Tuesday of raping two children in Kenya after a trial in Britain in which one of his victims gave evidence from Africa via video-link,... More
Africa DR Congo begins Ebola vaccinations as death toll rises The U.N.'s health agency has begun vaccination for the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after an alarming outbreak killed at least 26 people, the agency's... More
Africa New WHO Ebola toll: 45 cases with 14 confirmed, 25 dead The number of suspected, probable and confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 45, with 25 people dead, the World Health Organization said Friday. WHO... More
Africa Ebola spreads to city, entering 3 health zones in Congo Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a city, the capital of the northwestern Equateur province, a worrying shift as the risk of infection is more easily passed on in densely... More
Africa Makoko, ‘Venice of Africa,’ faces demolition prospects in Nigeria Its nickname is the "Venice of Africa" but, other than its maze of narrow waterways where wooden boats glide, Makoko offers little similarity with the fabled canal city of... More
Africa Bomb found at S. Africa mosque days after stabbing South Africa's Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, also known as "Hawks," has confirmed that a device found at a mosque in the KwaZulu-Natal province on Sunday night... More
Africa Ebola outbreak in Congo kills 19, 39 infected in total, WHO says Democratic Republic of Congo reported 39 suspected, probable or confirmed cases of Ebola between April 4 and May 13, including 19 deaths, the World Health Organization said... More

Africa 20 killed in suicide blasts in northeast Nigeria Nigerian police and military officials say that six suicide bombers killed at least 20 people in northeastern Nigeria. Borno State Police Commissioner Damian Chukwu said... More
Africa Ebola outbreak in DR Congo could end soon, WHO says The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Sunday he believed a swift end could be put to the outbreak of Ebola in northwestern DR Congo, some 21 days... More
Africa PM says Ethiopia will not cut Egypt's share of Nile waters Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vowed Sunday that Ethiopia will not reduce Egypt's share of Nile waters, as his country works to complete what will be Africa's largest... More
Africa Hope for peace as Ethiopia backs down in Eritrea standoff Ethiopia's surprise declaration that it will implement a nearly 20-year-old peace agreement with its neighbor Eritrea could spell an end to a long cold war that has damaged both countries, analysts say More
Africa 46 Ethiopian migrants drown off Yemen coast, UN says The U.N. migration agency says 46 migrants drowned, including nine women, and 16 remain missing, presumed dead after their vessel capsized in high waves while crossing the... More
Africa 182 inmates at large after Nigeria jail break, 28 others re-arrested More than 180 inmates in a medium-security prison in central Nigeria were at large after unidentified gunmen opened fire on the facility, the government said on Monday. The... More
Africa 46 migrants dead after boat sinks off Tunisian coast At least 46 migrants were killed as their boat sank off Tunisia's southern coast, the country's defense ministry said Sunday, revising upwards an earlier government death... More
Africa Uganda imposes ‘gossip’ tax on WhatsApp, social media Uganda's parliament has voted to impose a tax on the use of social media, which it says encourages gossip, in a bid to raise revenue. Users will be charged 200 shillings... More
Africa Zimbabwe sets July 30 as date for first elections without Mugabe Zimbabwe will hold elections on July 30, according to an announcement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a government notice. These will be Zimbabwe's first-ever elections... More
Africa Britain's Froome claims historic Giro victory Britain's Chris Froome completed a sensational comeback to win the Giro d'Italia on Sunday for a rare Grand Tour treble after the 21st and final stage in Rome. Froome,... More
Africa Landslide kills 23 in Ethiopia after heavy rains Ethiopia's state-affiliated broadcaster reports that a landslide triggered by heavy rains has killed 23 people in the country's Oromia region. Fana Broadcasting Corporation... More

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