Cyclone kills one, leaves trail of destruction across Mozambique
Cyclone Kenneth killed at least one person and left a trail of destruction in northern Mozambique, destroying houses, ripping up trees and knocking out power, authorities
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Ugandan mum struggles with 38 kids
Mariam Nabatanzi gave birth to twins a year after she was married off at the age of 12. Five more sets of twins followed –
No citizenship applications received from Libya, minister says
Cyprus has not received a request from Libya asking the government not to grant citizenship to four of its nationals, nor were any applications made,
Sudan’s flirtation with democracy doomed. The army will return
By Gwynne Dyer It’s moving fast now. For three months the protesters in Khartoum got nowhere with their demand that “the people want the fall of
Thirteen dead in South Africa after church wall collapses
Thirteen people were killed in a south-eastern province of South Africa during an Easter service after a church wall collapsed on them late on Thursday following
Giant predator fossil found in forgotten museum drawer
When Ohio University integrative biologist Nancy Stevens peered into a drawer in the wooden cabinets on the top floor of a Nairobi museum in 2010,
Thieves pinch rifles as Kenyan police watch football
The temptation to watch UEFA Champions League quarter-finals football on TV both featuring Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo backfired for some Kenya policemen when thieves
Eastern Libya parliament head says forces will push Tripoli campaign
By Ayman al-Warfalli and Ahmed Elumami Eastern Libyan forces will pursue their advance on the capital Tripoli, the head of the eastern parliament in
Protesters keep up pressure on Sudan’s army for civilian rule
By Khalid Abdelaziz Protesters in Sudan said on Saturday they would keep up pressure for civilian rule after the defence minister stepped down abruptly
Libya fighting kills 56, European powers jostle over conflict
Fighting between eastern Libyan forces and Tripoli government troops killed 56 people and forced 6,000 to flee their homes in the capital in the last week,
Sudan’s Bashir ousted by military, placed under arrest (Update)
President Omar al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan in autocratic style for 30 years, was on Thursday overthrown and arrested in a coup by the armed forces. In an
Nigeria’s twin town ponders cause of multiple births
In a dusty school playground in southwest Nigeria, the rows of children lined up to return to their classrooms are dotted with the faces of
Libyan death toll rises as battle for Tripoli intensifies
By Ahmed Elumami and Ayman al-Warfalli TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya, April 8 (Reuters) – Eastern Libyan forces sought to reach the centre of Tripoli on Monday after
Haftar forces conduct air strike on Tripoli as U.N. calls for truce
Eastern Libyan forces carried out an air strike on the southern part of Tripoli on Sunday, escalating an operation to take the capital despite calls for
Rwanda honours those killed in genocide that began 25 years ago
Rwandans will gather on Sunday to begin a solemn commemoration of the lives of 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus murdered during the Rwandan genocide, a three-month-killing
U.N. chief alarmed after meeting Libya commander advancing on capital
The U.N. secretary-general said he was “deeply concerned” after meeting eastern commander Khalifa Haftar in Libya on Friday to try to avert renewed civil war
Algerian leader Bouteflika ends 20-year rule after mass protests
By Lamine Chikhi and Hamid Ould Ahmed Algeria’s ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned on Tuesday, succumbing to six weeks of largely peaceful mass protests driven
Burundi bans BBC, activists cry foul
Burundi has banned the BBC and indefinitely suspended Voice of America, moves that campaigners and the international broadcasters described as a blow to press freedom.
U.S. lawsuit filed against Boeing over Ethiopian Airlines crash
A lawsuit against Boeing Co was filed in U.S. federal court on Thursday in what appeared to be the first suit over a March 10
Mozambique confirms first cholera cases in wake of cyclone
Mozambique said on Wednesday five cases of cholera had been confirmed around the badly damaged port city of Beira after a powerful cyclone killed more
