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Tide turns against Liberia's biggest slum
Jul 25, 2016 (AFP)
The fishermen, hustlers and market traders of West Point have survived two civil wars and an Ebola epidemic, but this resilient Liberian slum cannot hold back t...
Five missing soldiers found in Nigeria: army
Jul 24, 2016 (AFP)
Five of the 19 soldiers who went missing after an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents Nigeria's volatile northeast have been found, the army has said. The military ...
Polish millionaire seized in SSudan arms bust, say Spanish police
Jul 23, 2016 (AFP)
Spanish police said Saturday they had arrested a Polish millionaire suspected of masterminding a ring that smuggled assault rifles and heavy weapons into South ...
Mali opens terrorism inquiry after 17 soldiers killed
Jul 21, 2016 (AFP)
Mali's justice ministry announced Thursday it had opened an investigation into the deaths of 17 soldiers killed in an attack on their base, as Malians observed ...
Armed group kills 17 soldiers at Mali base: ministry
Jul 20, 2016 (AFP)
Seventeen soldiers were killed and 35 wounded in central Mali Tuesday in an assault on their base that authorities called a "coordinated terrorist attack". "The...
NASA, USAID Open Environmental Monitoring Hub in West Africa
Jul 19, 2016 (SPX)
NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have opened a new environmental monitoring program in West Africa that will enhance the role of s...
Bashir reshuffles senior Sudanese military officials: army
Jul 14, 2016 (AFP)
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday reshuffled senior military officers after his troops carried out intense operations against rebels across war-torn...
Low uptake of space technology science slows Africa's growth: experts
Jul 06, 2016 (XNA)
Failure to fully adopt space technology education is to blame for Africa's slow development, a university don has said. Dr. Faith Karanja, a Senior Lecturer at ...
Rwanda hikes import duties on secondhand clothes
Jul 01, 2016 (AFP)
Rwandan has massively hiked import duties on secondhand clothes and shoes, coming mainly from Europe and North America, to help promote local manufacturers, off...
Nigeria's ex-air force chief charged with money laundering
Jun 29, 2016 (AFP)
Nigeria's anti-graft agency on Wednesday charged a former air force chief and two other high-ranking military officers with laundering millions of dollars in st...
Why are UN forces returning control of security to Liberia?
Jun 28, 2016 (AFP)
After devastating back-to-back civil wars in Liberia, the UN launched a peacekeeping mission in September 2003 to ensure security, rebuild police and military f...
Nigerians look east to China for business, opportunity
Jun 22, 2016 (AFP)
Emmanuel Iyayi's love of China, its culture and language began early when he watched kung fu films as a child in his native Nigeria. Now 26, that enthusiasm has...
Seven Niger gendarmes killed in refugee camp attack
Jun 17, 2016 (AFP)
Seven gendarmes have been killed in an attack on a refugee camp in Niger hosting civilians who have fled Boko Haram, security and humanitarian sources said Frid...
UN mulls Mali mission as body count mounts
Jun 12, 2016 (AFP)
As the United Nations looks to extend its most deadly active mission for peacekeepers for another year, those working closely with its venture in Mali say poor ...
Uganda set to pull troops out of C. Africa: army
Jun 11, 2016 (AFP)
Uganda is set to pull its troops out of the restive Central African Republic, deeming the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to be "no longer a threat", an army...
Lagos floating school collapses in heavy rains
Jun 09, 2016 (AFP)
A landmark floating school that provided classes to children on a lagoon in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, has collapsed during heavy rains, its headteacher sai...
Sierra Leone war criminal dies in Rwanda
Jun 09, 2016 (AFP)
A war criminal from Sierra Leone convicted of "the most heinous, brutal and atrocious crimes in human history" has died in Rwanda while serving a 50-year senten...
Fuel, water shortages hit Sudanese capital
Jun 08, 2016 (AFP)
Water and fuel shortages hit the Sudanese capital on Wednesday, with residents queing outside petrol stations and waiting for water tankers across several neigh...
Wildlife phone apps cause chaos in S.Africa's Kruger Park
Jun 08, 2016 (AFP)
Mobile telephone apps that track wildlife sightings in South Africa's Kruger Park have caused a rise in road rage, roadkills and speeding as tourists rush to an...
Tributes for Chinese peacekeeper killed in UN Mali mission
Jun 07, 2016 (AFP)
The chief of the UN mission in Mali promised extra support for personnel at a tribute ceremony Tuesday for the first Chinese peacekeeper killed among dozens who...
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