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Sudan troops beat back rebel attacks in Kordofan, kill 50: army

Dec 02, 2014 (AFP)

Sudanese troops repelled rebel attacks on two villages in the war-torn South Kordofan region, killing 50 insurgents and losing four of their own men, the army s...

Namibian PM wins presidential election landslide

Dec 01, 2014 (AFP)

Namibian Prime Minister Hage Geingob and his SWAPO party won a landslide victory in presidential and legislative elections billed as Africa's first e-vote, the ...

Pygmies and Bantus flee a war caused by a tryst

Nov 29, 2014 (AFP)

It all began with a love affair a year ago between a Bantu and his Pygmy mistress, a tryst that so unnerved the enemy peoples of Congo's troubled Katanga provin...

Tough talk but no multi-national force yet to fight Boko Haram

Nov 27, 2014 (AFP)

Nigeria and its neighbours vowed to have nearly 3,000 troops on the ground to combat Boko Haram by the start of this month but as the year-end approaches, a reg...

S.African president due in China next week

Nov 27, 2014 (AFP)

South African President Jacob Zuma will lead a high-profile delegation next week to China, its single largest trading partner, to strengthen investment ties, th...

Decreasing the knowledge gap between men and women in Uganda

Nov 25, 2014 (SPX)

If an in-the-flesh Extension specialist isn't available to provide training, is a video of the specialist's presentation or a video of a new agricultural practi...

I. Coast police violently break up protest against plastic bag ban

Nov 25, 2014 (AFP)

Police in Ivory Coast's commercial capital fired tear gas on Tuesday to disperse a crowd protesting a ban on plastic bags widely used throughout the country for...

Zimbabwe says worst is over as it courts S.African investors

Nov 21, 2014 (AFP)

Zimbabwe's economy is on the mend as the worst is over, the country's finance minister said Friday in a bid to assure investors in South Africa that its neighbo...

Under threat: Kenya's iconic Nairobi national park

Nov 21, 2014 (AFP)

It is an image famous in a thousand postcards: giraffe, rhino and zebra pacing the savannah with city skyscrapers towering in the background. But flanked by one...

'Budget', 'Plant', 'Chinese': quirky first names abound in DR Congo

Nov 21, 2014 (AFP)

Nigeria holds the prize for an eccentric presidential name but move over Goodluck Jonathan, you can also meet Suffering or chat with Chinese in the heart of Afr...

Turkish parliament okays sending troops on Africa mission

Nov 20, 2014 (AFP)

Turkish lawmakers approved Thursday sending troops on a year-long mission with EU forces in the Central African Republic and Mali as Turkey continues efforts to...

Wildlife devastated in South Sudan war

Nov 19, 2014 (AFP)

Warring factions in South Sudan have slaughtered, poached and eaten "alarming" numbers of endangered wildlife, devastating one of Africa's largest migrations, c...

I.Coast soldiers storm TV, protest over pay dispute

Nov 18, 2014 (AFP)

Hundreds of Ivory Coast soldiers protested on Tuesday over a pay dispute, storming a television station in the West African nation's second-largest city and blo...

Five sentenced to death over killing of DR Congo colonel

Nov 17, 2014 (AFP)

A Congolese army officer and four Ugandan rebels were sentenced to death on Monday for the killing of a colonel credited with making great strides in restoring ...

Sudan warplanes bomb South Sudan border zones: reports

Nov 14, 2014 (AFP)

Sudanese warplanes have bombed South Sudan, wounding six civilians in areas bordering war zone regions where Khartoum is trying to crush rebel fighters, reports...

Cameroon's army faces Boko Haram in ghost town on Nigerian border

Nov 13, 2014 (AFP)

A deathly silence hangs over the once lively trading town of Amchide in the far north of Cameroon, abandoned to the army by residents terrified of raids by the ...

Justice crucial to Mali peace process: HRW

Nov 10, 2014 (AFP)

Human Rights Watch has criticised a draft agreement to bring peace to conflict-hit Mali, saying Monday the deal would not provide justice for abuses committed b...

Burkina main players consider transition plan

Nov 08, 2014 (AFP)

Burkina Faso's political parties, army and civil society groups were on Saturday to consider a plan for a transitional government after last week's ousting of v...

DR Congo court gives rebel turned general 10 years for war crimes

Nov 07, 2014 (AFP)

A top Congolese military court on Friday sentenced an former rebel leader turned army general to 10 years in jail for war crimes. The court ruled that general J...

Chinese officials 'on illegal African ivory buying sprees'

Nov 06, 2014 (AFP)

Chinese diplomatic and military staff went on buying sprees for illegal ivory while on official visits to East Africa, sending prices soaring, an environmental ...