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Flash floods in Tunisia leave five dead, two missing Flash flooding in Tunisia has killed at least five people while a further two are unaccounted for, the interior ministry said on Thursday. Two died in the northwestern... more

Africa At least 60 dead, 100 burned in Congo tanker truck fire At least 60 people were killed on Saturday and more than 100 had second-degree burns when a tanker truck in Congo collided with a bus and, as villagers rushed to collect the... More
Africa Six killed in rebel attack in eastern Congo Six people were killed Friday in a rebel attack on an army post in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to military and civilian sources. The Ugandan Allied... More
Africa Al-Shaabab suicide attack targets EU convoy in Somalia An al-Shabaab suicide bomber on Monday targeted an Italian vehicle in a European convoy, killing at least three people. The blast struck the convoy around 12:10 p.m. local... More
Africa Nearly 400K have died during South Sudan's civil war South Sudan's brutal civil war has left almost 400,000 people dead, a new study by a British university said yesterday, an estimate about eight times the figure usually cited.The... More
Africa Migrant killed, 3 others injured after Morroco navy fires on boat Morocco's navy on Tuesday fired on a boat carrying migrants which refused to respond to its orders, leaving a Moroccan woman dead and three other people wounded, local officials... More
Africa Around 30,000 migrants stuck in limbo in Niger Efforts to fortify Europe's borders have left thousands of migrants stuck in Limbo in Niger, where they face deteriorating humanitarian conditions More
Africa Nigerian pirates kidnap 12 crew members of Swiss cargo ship Twelve crew members of a Swiss merchant vessel kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Nigeria are from the Philippines, Slovenia, Ukraine, Romania, Croatia and Bosnia, the... More
Africa Tanzania ferry disaster toll rises to 224 as search for survivors continues Burials started Sunday of the 224 people who died when a ferry capsized on Lake Victoria, Tanzania's State broadcaster said Sunday. The bodies of 172 people who died in... More
Africa Build wall across Sahara to stop migrants, Trump tells Spain Comparing the situation in northern Africa and the Mediterranean to that along the U.S. border with Mexico, President Trump urged Spain to build a wall across the Sahara desert to stem migration flow More
Africa At least 136 dead after ferry capsizes in Tanzania Dozens more bodies were recovered on Friday, the morning after a Tanzanian ferry disaster, nearly doubling the death toll to 136, with hundreds more feared missing as rescuers... More
Africa African Union denounces 'slaves' jibe from Italy's Salvini The African Union (AU) has called on Italy's far-right interior minister to withdraw comments he made last week in which he referred to Africans as slaves. But Matteo Salvini... More

Africa Ebola outbreak not a global emergency but getting worse, WHO says The World Health Organization says it is "deeply concerned" by the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Congo but the situation does not yet warrant being declared a global emergency. After... More
Africa Boko Haram militants kill abducted health worker despite plea Boko Haram militants have killed an abducted health worker that had been working as a midwife in a hospital in Nigeria despite an urgent plea from the International Committee... More
Africa Half of Ethiopia's new cabinet women, including Muslim defense minister Ethiopia's new cabinet is now a record 50 percent female, including the country's first woman defense minister, after lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously approved the nominations... More
Africa 6 killed, scores injured as Morocco train derails A train derailed near the Moroccan capital killing at least six people and injuring more than 70 others on Tuesday, public television 2M said. An AFP photographer at the... More
Africa First commercial flight from Ethiopia in 40 years lands in Somalia An Ethiopian airline on Saturday made the first commercial flight between Addis Ababa and Mogadishu in 41 years, in yet another sign of warming ties between neighboring Horn... More
Africa Twin suicide bombings kill at least 7 in Somalia Suicide bombers targeted a restaurant and a coffee shop in southwest Somalia Saturday, killing at least seven people, police said. "The first blast was targeting a restaurant... More
Africa 16 killed in Nigerian state oil pipeline fire Sixteen people were killed after a fire broke out on Friday on an oil pipeline in the southeast of Nigeria, a spokesman for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation told... More
Africa Africa’s youngest billionaire abducted in Tanzania Africa's youngest billionaire has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the Tanzanian capital of Dar es Salaam, local media reported. According to The Daily News, an English-language... More
Africa UN calls on Algeria to stop expelling migrants Algeria must immediately stop collective expulsions of African migrants across its border with Niger, a U.N. report said, after rights groups accused Algiers of rounding up... More
Africa At least 50 killed after bus crashes in western Kenya An official says 50 people have died after the bus they were traveling in left the road, rolled down a slope and crashed in the western Kenyan town of Kericho. Rift Valley... More
Africa Morocco withdraws from int'l meeting over Polisario Morocco has withdrawn from the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Japan in protest of the participation of the Polisario Front. The official... More

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