General Brice Oligui Nguema, Gabon's new strongman since the overthrow of President Ali Bongo Ondimba, has threatened contractors involved in corruption, which is endemic in this country, and demanded that they show "patriotism" and "commitment" to the...
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As investigations into the cause of the blaze continue, sniffer dogs on Friday searched a gutted Johannesburg building for more victims.
The ICRC in a statement Friday said a further 110 wounded people have been taken to hospitals in the past week by the Somali Red Crescent Society amid clashes that have continued for months in and around Las-Anod. The statement did not identify the dea...
"We are extremely alarmed that at least 43 people were killed, including a policeman, and 56 injured during demonstrations on Wednesday in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. We have received information indicating that the death toll ma...
UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, speaking following a spate of coups in Africa, says they are not the solution and only make crises worse.
Tunisian police have arrested four Tunisians, including a fisherman, on suspicion of maritime piracy for taking engines and money from a boat carrying Tunisian migrants who were trying to reach Italy, AFP learnt on Thursday from a judicial source.
Medical charity, Doctors Without Borders, says Sudanese refugee camps in Chad are running low on everything from food and water to medical care.
Two French-Moroccan holidaymakers were killed by Algerian coastguards after getting lost on jet skis in an Algerian maritime zone on the border with Morocco, Moroccan media reported on Thursday, citing a witness to the tragedy.
According to the document, authenticated by military and intelligence sources, the toll from Wednesday's operation in this violence-ridden region was "48 dead" and "75 wounded" on the demonstrators' side, as well as one policeman killed.
Nigeria's president, Bola Tinubu, who also heads the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), spoke on Thursday of a nine-month transition for the military in power in Niger since the end of July, similar to what happened in Nigeria at the e...
