At least 10 dead after fuel truck collision in western Uganda
Ten people have been killed in an explosion following an accident involving a fuel tanker in western Uganda. Police said in a statement on Monday
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Sudanese factions sign accord on transitional government
Sudan‘s main opposition coalition and the ruling military council on Saturday signed a final power-sharing agreement, paving the way for a transitional government following the
Zimbabwe on edge as opposition challenges protest ban
Zimbabwe’s main opposition MDC has gone to court to lift a police ban on its demonstrations, an official said on Friday, as armed police and
Scientists hail promise of first effective Ebola treatments in Congo trial
By Kate Kelland, Scientists are a step closer to finding the first effective treatments for the deadly Ebola haemorrhagic fever after two potential drugs
WHO says no new Ebola cases in Goma, vaccinates over 1,300
The World Health Organisation has vaccinated over 1,300 people who potentially came into contact with the Ebola virus in the Congolese city of Goma, it
Congo races to contain Ebola after gold miner contaminates several in Goma
Congolese authorities were racing to contain an Ebola epidemic on Thursday, after a gold miner with a large family contaminated several people in the east’s
55 bodies recovered from Libya shipwreck
Fifty-five bodies have been recovered so far off the Libyan coast, an aid worker said on Saturday, after a wooden boat carrying hundreds of migrants
After a long journey, 16 rare black rhinos make a new home in eSwatini
A group of 16 endangered black rhinos has been moved over 700 kilometres from poaching hotspot South Africa to an “ideal” – and safer –
WHO: Ebola outbreak is international health emergency
The World Health Organisation declared the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo to be a “public health emergency of international concern”, saying the recent
U.N. calls for hundreds of millions in more aid to fight Ebola
Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak could last much longer and cost far more in money and lives unless U.N. member states inject hundreds of millions of
Suicide car bomb targets hotel in Somali port city
MOGADISHU, July 12 (Reuters) – A car bomb went off on Friday at a hotel in Somalia’s port city of Kismayu where local elders and lawmakers
Huge blast in hotel in Somalia’s Kismayu, followed by gunfire – police
A car bomb went off in a hotel in Somalia‘s port city of Kismayu where local elders and lawmakers were meeting, followed by gunfire, a police
Bombed Tripoli migrant detention centre being emptied
A migrant detention centre in Tripoli, hit by a deadly air strike last week, is being gradually emptied following a decision by Libyan authorities to release
Court convicts Congo’s Ntaganda of war crimes
Judges at the International Criminal Court on Monday convicted Bosco Ntaganda, a former Congolese military leader, on charges of atrocities including murder, rape and conscripting child soldiers.
Sudan’s military council, opposition reach power-sharing agreement
Sudan‘s ruling military council and a coalition of opposition and protest groups have agreed to share power for three years and then hold elections, in
At least 40 killed in strike on Tripoli migrant detention centre
By Ahmed Elumami TRIPOLI, July 2 (Reuters) – An air strike late on Tuesday hit a detention centre for mainly African migrants in a suburb
Accident at Glencore mine kills at least 39 in Congo
At least 39 artisanal miners were killed on Thursday when part of a copper and cobalt mine owned byGlencore collapsed in southeast Congo, the provincial governor
Stampede in Madagascar crowd kills 15 and wounds 75
At least 15 people were killed and 75 wounded in a stampede at a stadium after a military parade in Madagascar’s capital on Wednesday to
‘Dozens’ killed in foiled Ethiopia coup attempt
Dozens of people were killed in fighting during a foiled coup by a rogue state militia in Ethiopia’s Amhara region at the weekend, the regional
Rwanda’s rhino population grows, tourists expected to increase
Rhino keepers who successfully delivered five endangered black rhinos to Rwanda spent months hugging and coddling them inside their transport boxes to prepare them for