UN tries to salvage Libya talks after government announces pullout
The United Nations tried to salvage talks over a ceasefire for Libya on Wednesday after the government based in Tripoli said it was pulling out after a...
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Blast shuts Eni’s oil pipeline feeding Nigeria’s Brass oil exports
An oil pipeline explosion in Nigeria forced the local subsidiary of Italian oil major Eni to close a pipeline feeding the Brass oil export terminal,...
French soldiers kill more than 30 Islamist militants in Mali
French soldiers killed more than 30 Islamist militants in Mali in three separate operations on Thursday and Friday targeting al Qaeda and Islamic State-linked groups,...
Rushing downstairs at end of school, 14 Kenyan children killed in stampede
Fourteen children were killed in a stampede as they rushed down a staircase at the end of classes at a primary school in western Kenya...
Anti-China sentiment spreads abroad along with coronavirus
The coronavirus outbreak has stoked a wave of anti-China sentiment around the globe, from shops barring entry to Chinese tourists, online vitriol mocking the country’s...
Conservationists try to save underfed lions in Sudanese wildlife park
Conservationists in Sudan are trying to save four lions they say have been underfed and neglected in a wildlife park in the capital Khartoum, after...
EU must consider ways to support Libya truce -Borrell
The European Union will discuss all ways to uphold a formal ceasefire in Libya but any peace settlement will need real EU support to make...
Libyan commander’s forces choke oil flows, overshadowing peace summit (Updated)
Foreign powers agreed at a summit in Berlin on Sunday to shore up a shaky truce in Libya, but the meeting was overshadowed by blockades...
UN envoy hopes for speedy reopening of Libya oil ports
The United Nations envoy to Libya said on Saturday he hoped but “could not predict” whether eastern oil ports shut ahead of a pending Berlin...
Scientists hope to revive near-extinct northern white rhino in Kenya
Scientists working to save the northern white rhinoceros from extinction plan to implant its artificially developed embryos in another, more abundant rhino subspecies in Kenya later this year,...
Flights suspended in Libya’s capital due to rocket fire, says official
Flights were suspended until further notice at the only functioning airport in Libya’s capital Tripoli on Friday due to rockets falling nearby, an airport official...
Sudan sentences 29 intelligence agents to hang for teacher’s killing
A Sudanese court sentenced 29 members of the national intelligence service to death by hanging on Monday over the killing of a teacher in detention in...
Merkel, Erdogan, Putin discuss diplomatic solution for Libya – govt spokesman
German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed efforts to reach a diplomatic solution for the Libyan conflict in two separate phone calls with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Russian...
‘World’s oldest rhino’ dies in Tanzania at 57
A rhino believed to the world’s oldest has died at the age of 57 in a Tanzanian conservation area, authorities said. Fausta, a female black rhino, died of...
Somalia checkpoint blast kills at least 90
At least 90 people were killed when a bomb-laden truck exploded at a busy checkpoint in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, an international organisation...
Islamic State says it killed 11 Christians in Nigeria
Islamic State released a video purporting to show it killing 11 Christian men in Nigeria, saying it was part of a campaign to avenge the deaths...
Pirates kidnap 19 crew members from Greek tanker off Nigeria
Pirates have kidnapped 19 crew members from a crude oil tanker off Nigeria in an area where acts of piracy are on the rise, an...
Four killed in attacks against Ebola response centres in Congo
Militia fighters in eastern Congo killed four people and injured several others in attacks on two Ebola response centres on Thursday, in what responders described...
Thirteen French helicopter troops killed in Mali combat operation
Thirteen French soldiers fighting jihadists in Mali were killed in an accident between two helicopters, the French presidency said on Tuesday, the single biggest loss...
Small plane crashes in eastern Congo, killing at least 24
By Fiston Mahamba and Djafar Al Katanty At least 24 people were killed, including some on the ground, when a small plane crashed into a...
