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Clashes in Bangui leave at least 10 dead: witnesses
Feb 09, 2014 (AFP)
A weekend of violence and looting in the Central African capital has left at least 10 people dead, witnesses and a humanitarian official told AFP on Sunday, inc...
'Do not disappoint', Nigeria's new top brass told
Feb 05, 2014 (AFP)
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday called on his new military top brass not to disappoint the nation in their task to crush the Boko Haram insur...
Vodacom sees surge in Africa mobile data usage
Feb 05, 2014 (AFP)
African mobile phone operator Vodacom on Wednesday reported a 40-percent jump in revenue from data usage in the fourth quarter, as smart phone use continued to ...
Head of Algeria ruling party attacks powerful intel chief
Feb 03, 2014 (AFP)
The head of Algeria's ruling party, a vocal supporter of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika seeking a fourth term in April elections, called on the powerful intelli...
Zambia national park mining plan draws protests
Jan 31, 2014 (AFP)
The Zambian government's decision to award a mining licence in the Lower Zambezi National Park drew protests Friday that resulted in six people being detained. ...
Rwanda lashes out at 'cry baby' DR Congo
Jan 30, 2014 (AFP)
The UN Security Council on Thursday renewed a sanctions regime against Democratic Republic of Congo in a vote that sparked a furious row between Congo and Rwand...
Rivalries led to top brass sackings: Nigeria president
Jan 29, 2014 (AFP)
Poisonous rivalries among Nigeria's top military brass hindered a fight against Islamic militants, forcing President Goodluck Jonathan to fire the army, navy an...
C. Africa president to ask UN for peacekeeping operation
Jan 28, 2014 (AFP)
The president of the Central African Republic said Tuesday she would ask the UN for a full-fledged peacekeeping operation, saying the French and African Union t...
Chinese ivory smuggler gets record sentence after landmark Kenya trial
Jan 28, 2014 (AFP)
A court in Kenya on Tuesday slapped a record sentence on a Chinese ivory smuggler, the first person to be convicted under tough new laws designed to stem a surg...
Rwandan soldier sent back home illegally goes on trial
Jan 28, 2014 (AFP)
A former Rwandan military officer who was sent home from Uganda despite having refugee status was put on trial on Tuesday on charges of trying to overthrow the ...
Chinese ivory smuggler in Kenya to test tough new law
Jan 27, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese man pleaded guilty Monday in a Kenyan court to trafficking ivory, the first person to be convicted under tough new wildlife laws designed to stem a su...
Gunmen kill Chinese national in Nigeria: police
Jan 27, 2014 (AFP)
Gunmen have killed a Chinese construction worker and wounded two others in a border town in Nigeria's northern Kaduna state, police said Monday. "The incident h...
Talks to end Mozambique skirmishes resume
Jan 27, 2014 (AFP)
Mozambique's Frelimo-led government and the main opposition party, Renamo, resumed stalled talks on Monday, amid deepening military tensions between the two sid...
US forces launch missile strike against Shebab leader in Somalia
Jan 27, 2014 (AFP)
The US military launched a missile strike in Somalia on Sunday targeting a suspected Shebab militant leader, defense officials said. One of the officials said a...
German defence minister signals greater role in Africa
Jan 26, 2014 (AFP)
Germany's new defence minister said Sunday her country should engage more strongly in Africa by sending additional military trainers to Mali and supporting the ...
Sudan warplanes hit rebel-held town: Kordofan insurgents
Jan 26, 2014 (AFP)
Sudanese warplanes have launched air strikes against a key rebel-held town in war-torn South Kordofan state, the insurgents said on Sunday, but there were no re...
Mozambique president inaugurates Chinese-built palace
Jan 24, 2014 (AFP)
Mozambique President Armando Guebuza inaugurated an opulent new Chinese-built presidential office complex in the capital Maputo Friday. "We express our gratitud...
4,700 illegal miners expelled from Ghana in 2013: government
Jan 23, 2014 (AFP)
Ghana deported 4,700 illegal miners last year, most of them Chinese nationals, deputy information minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed said on Thursday. "Most of t...
11 die in eastern DR Congo landslides: official
Jan 20, 2014 (AFP)
Eleven people have been killed in landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official said on Monday. Five of t...
Nigeria's new top brass eyes swift end to Boko Haram
Jan 20, 2014 (AFP)
Nigeria's top military officer on Monday called for a swift end to the Islamist insurgency gripping the country's north, as he was sworn in as the new chief of ...
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