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Pygmies, masters of the forest, tackle tough lifestyle changes
Sep 12, 2018 (AFP)
"Townsfolk paid me to find these leaves," the Pygmy says, setting the heap down outside his wooden hut, 500 metres (yards) from the rest of Doumassi village in ...
Deputy army chief held in Comoros over anti-regime plot
Sep 11, 2018 (AFP)
Colonel Ibrahim Salim was arrested on Monday afternoon by two military police officers "who presented him with a summons", one of his relatives told AFP, speaki...
Kenya police detain another Chinese journalist: embassy
Sep 07, 2018 (AFP)
Police entered the offices of the China Daily newspaper in Nairobi demanding the documents of staff before hauling deputy bureau chief Liu Hongjie to the police...
Ancient livestock dung heaps are now African wildlife hotspots
Sep 07, 2018 (SPX)
"Many of the iconic wild African landscapes, like the Mara Serengeti, have been shaped by the activities of prehistoric herders over the last 3,000 years," said...
Chinese man arrested after calling Kenya's president a 'monkey'
Sep 06, 2018 (AFP)
The Chinese national, identified as Liu Jiaqi, has been arrested and is being processed for deportation, said Kenya's immigration department. "His work permit h...
China-Africa summit rejects debt criticism
Sep 04, 2018 (AFP)
President Xi Jinping hosted leaders from across Africa amid criticism that his country's Belt and Road global trade infrastructure project is worsening debt pro...
At least 12 killed in Ethiopia landslide
Sep 04, 2018 (AFP)
Four people were injured in the disaster which occurred in the Isara district of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region. The "bodies of 10 peo...
Mandarin lessons in Malawi underline China's Africa ties
Sep 04, 2018 (AFP)
"The world now is going in such a way that if you want to travel, (you) should not want to find difficulties talking to people. Language can be a barrier," said...
China hosts African leaders amid aid criticism
Sep 03, 2018 (AFP)
President Xi Jinping and leaders from across the continent will meet at the two-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), with talks expected to focus on X...
China's Xi says 'no strings attached' to Africa investments
Sep 03, 2018 (AFP)
Xi spoke before the start of a two-day China-Africa summit that is expected to focus on his cherished Belt and Road initiative, a global trade infrastructure pr...
Boko Haram military base attack death toll hits 48
Sep 03, 2018 (AFP)
Scores of jihadist fighters in trucks stormed the base on Thursday in Zari village in northern Borno state and briefly seized it after a fierce battle. Boko Har...
China-Africa summit to target investment despite debt worries
Aug 31, 2018 (AFP)
President Xi Jinping will host leaders from across the continent for the two-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, which will include talks on his cherished "B...
Bomb kills 5 Kenyan soldiers near Somali border
Aug 29, 2018 (AFP)
"Soldiers operating in Lamu County, while on a humanitarian civil assignment to fetch and distribute water to the residents in the area, hit an Improvised Explo...
Jihadist leader killed in Mali French airstrike: army
Aug 27, 2018 (AFP)
"Commandos deployed on the ground (after the airstrike) confirmed the death of Mohamed Ag Almouner and one of his bodyguards. They also found the bodies of a wo...
Two police killed in restive anglophone Cameroon
Aug 26, 2018 (AFP)
The men were killed by armed pro-independence fighters near the town of Wum in Northwest Region, an army spokesman said. The separatist camp spoke of nine polic...
Archaeologists uncover ancient monumental cemetery in Kenya
Aug 21, 2018 (UPI)
Constructed some 5,000 years ago by early pastoralists, the massive cemetery undermines traditional ideas about early human societies and monument building. The...
Moscow signs military cooperation pact with C. Africa
Aug 21, 2018 (AFP)
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his CAR counterpart Marie-Noelle Koyara signed the document on the sidelines of defense expo Army-2018 outside Moscow...
South Sudan's child soldiers hope for life after war
Aug 17, 2018 (AFP)
"I shot people. We all did," said Baba John. "I received a gun and was told how to shoot and point the gun. I don't remember how many I shot but there were many...
Keita re-elected Mali president with landslide
Aug 16, 2018 (AFP)
The elections have been closely watched abroad, as Mali is a linchpin state in the jihadist insurgency raging in the Sahel. Keita, 73, picked up 67.17 percent o...
Tanzania to arrest entire village over broken water pipe
Aug 16, 2018 (AFP)
The inhabitants of Ngolo village were accused of deliberately smashing pipes taking water to a neighbouring settlement in Mbeya region. Governor Albert Chalamil...
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