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Sudan police break up Omdurman protest with tear gas: witnesses
Sep 09, 2015 (AFP)
Sudanese police on Wednesday fired tear gas canisters to disperse hundreds of people protesting over water cuts in their neighbourhood in Khartoum's twin city o...
Horse ban in NE Nigeria after Boko Haram attacks
Sep 08, 2015 (AFP)
Nigeria's military has banned the use of horses in the northeastern state of Borno to stop deadly raids by Boko Haram gunmen, a regional military spokesman told...
US dentist who killed Cecil the lion breaks silence
Sep 07, 2015 (AFP)
The US dentist who killed Zimbabwe's Cecil the lion has broken weeks of silence, saying in an interview that he had no idea it was a special feline and announci...
Algeria power struggle intensifies with arrest, sackings
Sep 04, 2015 (AFP)
Algeria's security services have been rocked by the arrest of the anti-terrorism chief and sackings of top officials in recent weeks, as a behind-the-scenes pow...
Nigeria reinstates 3,000 soldiers dismissed over Boko Haram war
Sep 03, 2015 (AFP)
The Nigerian army said Thursday it had reinstated some 3,000 soldiers who were dismissed for alleged indiscipline in the battle against Boko Haram insurgents in...
China's Xi calls indicted Sudanese leader Bashir 'old friend'
Sep 01, 2015 (AFP)
China's President Xi Jinping on Tuesday welcomed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir -- who has been indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court -...
S.Sudan rebels accuse government of breaking ceasefire
Aug 31, 2015 (AFP)
South Sudan's rebel chief on Monday accused the government of breaking a ceasefire, jeopardising a peace agreement aimed to end the country's 20-month civil war...
South Sudan rebel chief orders ceasefire: spokesman
Aug 29, 2015 (AFP)
South Sudan's former vice president Riek Machar ordered his rebel troops to lay down their arms in line with a ceasefire to end a 20-month civil war, his spokes...
Africa uneasy as China turmoil threatens investment boom
Aug 28, 2015 (AFP)
When Chinese company Shanghai Zendai bought 1,600 hectares (4,000 acres) of land outside Johannesburg in 2013, it promised to build the "New York of Africa." Th...
South Sudan peace deal welcomed with caution
Aug 27, 2015 (AFP)
A deal signed by South Sudan's president aimed at ending 20 months of civil war was given a cautious welcome Thursday, with both sides in the conflict urged to ...
Young hopefuls in race to be first black African in space
Aug 27, 2015 (AFP)
In half a century of space travel more than 500 people have glimpsed the Earth from the unique vantage point of the cosmos, yet no black African has been among ...
Gorillas not guerrillas: tourism hope in troubled Congo
Aug 26, 2015 (AFP)
Tourists perch perilously on a volcano's edge as swirling smoke belches from the fiery cauldron of lava below, the latest unlikely visitors holidaying in war-to...
South Sudan president 'to sign peace deal'
Aug 25, 2015 (AFP)
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has finally agreed to sign a peace deal and power-sharing accord to end a 20-month civil war, his spokesman said Tuesday. Pre...
Eyeing the stars: Ethiopia's space programme
Aug 25, 2015 (AFP)
High above the crowded streets of Addis Ababa, among fields where farmers lead oxen dragging wooden ploughs, sits Ethiopia's space programme. Perched on the top...
Mali rebels pull out of peace accord's monitoring group
Aug 24, 2015 (AFP)
Tuareg rebels in northern Mali said Sunday they were pulling out of an international committee set up to monitor a peace accord between them and pro-government ...
Nigerian army chief unharmed after suspected Boko Haram attack
Aug 23, 2015 (AFP)
Suspected Boko Haram fighters ambushed a convoy carrying the head of the Nigerian army, the military said on Sunday, sparking a firefight in which 10 militants ...
South Sudan's president say he will sign peace accord
Aug 19, 2015 (AFP)
The president of South Sudan has told US Secretary of State John Kerry that he intends to sign a peace accord meant to end the civil war in that country, the St...
$2 million to help victims of DR Congo ethnic strike: UN
Aug 18, 2015 (AFP)
Some $2 million in international funding will go to help victims of the conflict between rival Pygmy and Bantu fighters that has forced thousands from their hom...
Bad roads, low rivers stifle life in northwest DR Congo
Aug 17, 2015 (AFP)
Imagine living in a place bigger than Germany and Belgium combined but with few or flooded roads, broken bridges and unnavigable rivers as your only link to sup...
South Africa to teach Mandarin in schools
Aug 12, 2015 (AFP)
South African state schools will introduce Mandarin lessons next year in a bid to bolster cultural relations with China, its largest trading partner, a governme...
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