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Mall brawls and street fights as Hong Kong polarisation deepens
Sep 14, 2019 (AFP)
The once-stable international hub has been convulsed by weeks of huge, sometimes violent rallies calling for greater democratic freedoms and police accountabili...
Jihadists kill 9 Nigerian troops, 27 missing: army sources
Sep 12, 2019 (AFP)
Jihadist fighters assaulted the convoy with heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades as it was en route to the town of Gudumbali in Borno state on Monda...
Nigeria urged to free children detained over Boko Haram ties
Sep 10, 2019 (AFP)
The US-based global watchdog said in a 50-page report released in Abuja that thousands of children are being arbitrarily detained in degrading and inhuman condi...
Videos accusing Egypt's Sisi, military of graft go viral
Sep 09, 2019 (AFP)
Mohamed Aly, 45, a fledgling actor alongside his construction business, claims that authorities have misappropriated millions of Egyptian pounds in public funds...
Million turn out for Pope Francis Madagascar mass
Sep 08, 2019 (AFP)
The massive crowd had waited patiently, stretching into the distance from the early hours, to see the first pontiff to visit the Indian Ocean island nation in 3...
S.Sudan rebel leader to meet president in Juba: sources
Sep 08, 2019 (AFP)
"He's expected to come and sit with President Salva Kiir so that they can discuss all the outstanding issues of the peace agreement and the way forward," govern...
Canada departs U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali
Sep 04, 2019 (UPI)
About 1,250 Canadian Armed Forces members were deployed during the year-long mission, known as Operation Presence-Mali. Their involvement in the ongoing United ...
With eye on China, Japan urges 'affordable' Africa investment
Aug 30, 2019 (AFP)
A joint statement wrapping up a three-day Africa development summit said: "We believe that quality infrastructure, that guarantees affordability with respect to...
Japan PM warns Africa about debt as China grows presence
Aug 29, 2019 (AFP)
Addressing leaders from several African nations at a development conference in Yokohama, Shinzo Abe stressed Tokyo was promoting "quality" infrastructure export...
Hunters turn gamekeepers to help C. Africa's threatened wildlife
Aug 29, 2019 (AFP)
In the heart of the Dzanga-Sangha wildlife reserve in western Central African Republic, the Pygmy hunter is looking for the tracks of a large female elephant he...
Japan to host Africa aid forum as China looms large
Aug 27, 2019 (AFP)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he wants the latest round of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) to help "launch impac...
Chad jails 243 rebels over February incursion from Libya
Aug 27, 2019 (AFP)
Out of "267 people who were arrested, 12 were sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison and 231 others to terms ranging from 10 to 15 years," Justice Minister D...
African forest fires in spotlight after Amazon outcry
Aug 26, 2019 (AFP)
At the G7 summit this week, French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted about the central Africa fires and said nations were examining a similar initiative to the ...
Ivory Coast's 'Floating Island' points to greener tourism
Aug 25, 2019 (AFP)
Nothing much new there, you may say -- creature comforts like this are pretty much standard in tropical hotels. The big difference, though, is that this mini re...
S.Africa rare earths mine hopes for boost from US-China feud
Aug 25, 2019 (AFP)
But the Steenkampskraal Mine may be about to become piping hot mining property thanks to some of the world's highest-grade deposits of rare earth metals. "Steen...
Three killed in Chad police station attack
Aug 21, 2019 (AFP)
The attack comes after a state of emergency was declared just days ago. "A soldier killed his boss before fleeing to take refuge in the police station," one of ...
Nigeria arrests kidnapper at centre of police, army shooting row
Aug 20, 2019 (AFP)
"Operatives of the Nigeria Police have re-arrested the notorious kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume," police spokesman Frank Mba said in a statement. Pol...
Toll from attack on Burkina military base rises to 24
Aug 20, 2019 (AFP)
Seven people were wounded and five others were missing, armed forces headquarters said in a statement Tuesday. The previous toll from the attack, at Koutougou i...
Dozen Burkina troops killed in 'major terrorist attack': army
Aug 19, 2019 (AFP)
With other soldiers still missing, the death toll could pass 20, several security sources said. "In the early morning, the military detachment of the Koutougou ...
Uganda, Zambia deny Huawei helped spy on political opponents
Aug 16, 2019 (AFP)
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported this week that Huawei technicians helped the two African governments intercept communications and social media activity o...
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