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1 peacekeeper killed, dozen injured in attack in Mali At least one peacekeeper has been killed and several more injured when suspected terrorists dressed as United Nations peacekeepers attacked two bases in northern Mali with... more

Africa New Ethiopian PM swears in, vows reform to defuse ethnic tensions Ethiopia's parliament swore in Abiy Ahmed as prime minister on Monday with a mandate to implement democratic reforms aimed partly at defusing ethnic tensions in the Oromiya... More
Africa Boko Haram attack near Nigeria’s Maiduguri kills 18, injures dozens At least 18 people were killed and 84 wounded when Boko Haram terrorists clashed with Nigerian soldiers near the northeastern city of Maiduguri overnight, the emergency services... More
Africa 120 migrants rescued off Libya's coast The Libyan coast guard said Sunday it rescued 120 refugees and migrants who came into difficulty while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The people were picked... More
Africa Al-Shabab attack kills 4 African Union soldiers in Somalia Somalia's al-Shabab terror group on Sunday launched an attack on a base for African Union troops in the country's south, killing four Ugandan peacekeepers, said Ugandan army... More
Africa Daesh claims attack in Libya that killed 8 The Daesh terrorist group on Friday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in eastern Libya the previous day that killed eight people, including civilians.A suicide... More
Africa Hundreds rally against US-Ghana military partnership deal Hundreds of people took to the streets of Accra, Ghana's capital, on Wednesday to protest against a controversial military deal with Washington which was passed by parliament... More
Africa South Africa's Zuma summoned to court on corruption charges Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been summoned to appear in court on April 6 on charges of fraud, racketeering and money laundering. South African media say... More
Africa Sudan, Qatar ink $4B deal to develop Suakin seaport Sudan and Qatar on Monday signed a $4-billion agreement to develop the former Ottoman port city of Suakin in northeastern Sudan. "The agreement was signed in line with... More
Africa TIKA supports orphans born with HIV in South Africa Turkey's state-run aid agency is working in association with South African authorities to help refurbish orphanages, particularly those for children born with HIV/AIDS. ''One... More
Africa 4 killed, 10 wounded in Mogadishu car bomb attack A car bomb exploded near Somalia's parliament headquarters in the capital, Mogadishu, killing at least four people along with the driver, police said Sunday, with several... More
Africa Conflict key cause of 124 million hungry who could die, UN says The head of the U.N. food agency says the number of people around the world in danger of dying unless they get food urgently surged to 124 million last year mainly because... More

Africa Somalia's Puntland region asks UAE to stay as Gulf split deepens Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region urged the United Arab Emirates not to close its security operations in the country after a dispute with the central government, saying... More
Africa Congo boycotts UN plans for funds Congo on Friday took the extraordinary step of boycotting an international conference aimed at raising hundreds of millions of dollars to help its people, saying the Central... More
Africa France wants sanctions against spoilers blocking Mali peace France announced yesterday it is fed up with delays in implementing a 2015 peace agreement in Mali and is moving ahead to impose sanctions on spoilers obstructing the peace... More
Africa 1st group of Algeria plane crash victims identified, ministry says The first bodies from this week's crash of an Algerian plane, which claimed 257 lives, have been identified, the Defense Ministry said Thursday. The identified bodies will... More
Africa 257 dead as military plane crashes in Algeria A total of 257 people were killed when a military plane carrying soldiers crashed soon after takeoff in a farm field in northern Algeria on Wednesday, Algerian state TV said. The... More
Africa Sudan's president orders release of all political prisoners Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has ordered the release of all political prisoners held in the country, state news agency SUNA said on Tuesday. The decision came in response... More
Africa Photographer captures beauty of South Sudan's Dinka people Things have not been easy for South Sudan. Its civil war began in late 2013 and has overwhelmingly affected civilians who are treated as prey by soldiers from all sides.... More
Africa Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia fail to agree on Nile dispute Sudan's state news agency says foreign ministers of Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia again failed to reach an agreement in the lingering dispute over Ethiopia's massive dam on the... More
Africa Morocco demands UN, Algeria act against Polisario Morocco on Wednesday hinted it could act unilaterally if the United Nations and Algeria fail to stop Polisario Front fighters it accuses of carrying out incursions into a... More
Africa Morocco threatens UN buffer zones in Western Sahara Morocco's government threatened to take control of U.N.-monitored buffer zones in Western Sahara amid concerns that the mission is failing to keep out Polisario Front independence... More
Africa Anti-apartheid activist Winnie Mandela dies aged 81 Winnie Mandela, veteran of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle and ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, has died aged 81, her spokesman said Monday. She died in a Johannesburg hospital... More

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