At least 10 killed in two bomb attacks in Somali capital
A suicide bomber wearing army uniform killed at least nine soldiers at a camp in Somalia‘s capital on Monday, authorities said, and a government official...
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At least 25 killed, 60 injured at Coptic church in Egypt (Update 2)
At least 25 people were killed and 60 injured on Sunday when an explosion rocked a Coptic church in Egypt’s Nile Delta, state television reported,...
Petition for an end to impunity for Rwanda genocide perpetrators and accomplices
The European Grassroots Antiracist Movement EGAM has launched a petition to end what they say is the impunity for genocide perpetrators and their accomplices in...
Skirmishes in Johannesburg as South Africans protest against Zuma
Skirmishes broke out in Johannesburg as more than 60,000 people marched in South African cities on Friday in largely peaceful protests to demand President Jacob...
Some 146 migrants feared dead after shipwreck, sole survivor says
A rubber boat packed with 147 migrants sank in the Mediterranean and all but one of its passengers drowned, the sole survivor – a 16-year-old...
Egyptian court jails 56 over migrant boat shipwreck
An Egyptian court sentenced 56 people to prison on Sunday over the capsizing of a migrant boat that left over 200 people dead last year....
Five bodies found, hundreds feared dead as migrant boats sink off Libya – NGO
Five migrants were found dead in the sea off Libya on Thursday after the boats they were travelling in sank, likely carrying hundreds more to...
Falling tree kills at least 18 at Ghana waterfall
At least 18 people were killed when a large tree fell into the pool they were swimming in at the base of a waterfall in...
Hundreds dead as Congo forces target civilians, deny UN access
By Aaron Ross GOVERNMENT forces have targeted civilians, including women and children, resulting in numerous deaths in central Congo this week and are restricting United...
Somali pirates release hijacked ship, crew without ransom
Somali pirates released a hijacked oil tanker and its eight Sri Lankan crew on Thursday, a Somali security official and the pirates said, bringing the...
Sierra Leone pastor discovers 706-carat diamond
A Christian pastor has found one of the world’s largest uncut diamonds – weighing 706 carats – in Sierra Leone’s eastern Kono region. The stone,...
Pirates demand ransom for tanker seized off Somalia
Pirates off the coast of Somalia, who hijacked an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew on board, are demanding a ransom for the release...
Somali pirates hijack first commercial ship since 2012
Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew onboard, a Somali official said on Tuesday, the first time they have successfully taken...
Car bomb kills at least eight in Somali capital
A car bomb exploded near a hotel on a busy street in the Somali capital on Monday, killing at least eight people, police and medical...
Garbage dump landslide kills 35 in Ethiopian capital
A landslide at a huge garbage dump on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa killed 35 people who were searching for food and...
Nigeria’s ailing President Buhari returns home
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buharire turned home on Friday after nearly two months of medical leave in Britain during which his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo, stamped his...
South Africa formally revokes international court withdrawal
South Africa on Tuesday formally revoked its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court after its High Court blocked the government’s bid to pull out of...
Wife-beating a source of pride for some women in Mauritania
Salimata was always told she should be proud to come from a family of wife beaters. “You’re the daughter of a woman whose husband broke...
South African police break up anti-immigrant protests
South African police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets to disperse rival marches by hundreds of protesters in Pretoria on Friday, after mobs...
Bomb kills at least eight in shopping district in Pakistan’s Lahore
By Mubashir Bukhari A bomb blast in an upscale shopping centre in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore killed at least eight people and wounded 20...
