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10 killed in bomb explosion at Kasindi church, ADF rebel attack suspected

The "terrorist act" occurred in a pentecostal church in the town of Kasindi in North Kivu, which lies on the border with...

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39 dead and scores injured in Senegal bus accident

Images of the tragic incident showed the completely mangled front end of a white bus, with blood-flecked seats, personal items and a...

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Over 300 dead in east DR Congo grave massacre

Around 300 people died in an attack on villagers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week blamed on the M23 rebel...

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Teodoro Obiang wins sixth term as E.Guinea ruler

Obiang, 80, who seized power in a 1979 coup, is the longest-ruling head of state in the world excluding monarchs. He has...

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ICC prosecutor seeks charges against fugitive warlord Joseph Kony

Kony launched a bloody rebellion more than three decades ago seeking to impose his own version of the Ten Commandments in northern...

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DR Congo jets bomb M23 rebels base as war looms

On Tuesday, a Congolese security official who asked for anonymity said war planes were bombarding the rebel-held Tchanzu area of North Kivu...

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SOMALIA: Gov’t bans use of the name al-Shabab

It is not the first time the Somali government has coined another name for al-Shabab. In 2015 the government told the media...

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Rwanda accuses DR Congo jet of violating airspace

Kinshasa has accused Kigali of backing the M-23 rebel group, whose offensives have led to the displacement of tens of thousands of...

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Thousands protest Rwanda, Uganda in eastern DR Congo city

Protesters chanted for weapons to fight Rwanda, as well as slogans hostile to Uganda, which some also accuse of backing the M23.

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Criminals target chicken feet sellers in Jo’burg, kill 7

Police spokeswoman Brenda Muridili said they had information that "four suspects tried to rob the street vendors selling chicken feet".

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Woman burns academic papers protesting failure to get a job, university takes away her degree

Ms Soko was awarded a degree in business administration upon completing a four year course with the university but was heard in...

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Shocking details emerge on how “separate pipeline” been stealing oil from country

The recent burning of a vessel seized on allegations of carrying 650,000 litres of stolen crude oil in Delta state has also...

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Zimbabwe approves Africa’s first injectable HIV prevention drug

The 1st 2 injections of Cabotegravir or CAB-LA, are administered 4 weeks apart, followed by an injection every 8 weeks.

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Burundi president sacks PM after warning of coup plot

The former army general replaced Alain Guillaume Bunyoni and civilian chief of staff General Gabriel Nizigama on a day of high drama...

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JUST IN: Kenyan Supreme Court confirms Ruto as duly elected President

CJ Koome also said that the the court failed to see how by postponing elections, IEBC was targeting voter suppression.

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KENYA: Ruto vows to respect Supreme Court ruling in poll petition

Odinga's running mate Martha Karua said Friday that the pro-Odinga coalition would also respect Monday's decision.

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Death toll from Sudan floods hits 112

The crisis comes as Sudan reels from deepening political unrest and a spiralling economic crisis exacerbated by last year's military coup led...

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Angola’s opposition office ‘attacked’ amid political tensions

Opposition coalition force UNITA, has challenged the results of last week election, which saw the long-ruling MPLA win, though by a significantly...

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Angola’s opposition rejects initial poll results

The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), which has ruled the oil-rich nation for nearly five decades, has claimed a...

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Eight dead as Somali forces battle Al-Shabaab at besieged hotel

Fighters from the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab stormed the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu on Friday evening in a hail of gunfire and bomb blasts,...

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DR Congo asks UN peacekeeping mission spokesman to leave country

The central African nation's government asked the peacekeeping mission, known as MONUSCO, to withdraw spokesman Mathias Gillmann over "indelicate and inappropriate remarks"...

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South Africa: 13 police officers arrested over lockdown violence

Police violence during the pandemic confinement, triggered national outrage and some protests in 2020, with rights groups reporting an increase in the...