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Kenya: Al-Shabaab photos spread amid official void 01 Feb 2017 - 11:35 am

NAIROBI, Kenya: The Somali-based al-Shabaab militant group Tuesday released over 100 images claiming to show the aftermath of last Friday’s attack on Kenyan...

Mauritanian protesters want 'infidel' blogger executed 31 Jan 2017 - 06:49 pm

Nouakchott: Thousands of people gathered Tuesday in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott to demand the execution of a blogger convicted of apostasy as the...

Nigeria: 10 held over pro-secessionist Biafra tabloid 31 Jan 2017 - 01:10 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria police have arrested 10 people for allegedly publishing and circulating a secessionist tabloid Biafra Times. Biafra refers to the secessionist...

Guinean leader Alpha Conde becomes new AU chairman 31 Jan 2017 - 12:01 pm

DDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: African leaders have elected Guinean President Alpha Conde as new African Union chairman at a biannual summit in the Ethiopian...

Chad's Moussa Faki Mahamat, a career politician at AU helm 30 Jan 2017 - 07:27 pm

N'Djamena: As Chad's foreign minister Moussa Faki Mahamat has been at the forefront of the fight against Islamists in Nigeria, Mali and the...

African Union mulls Morocco membership, Trump fallout 30 Jan 2017 - 06:18 pm

Addis Ababa: African Union leaders grappled with Morocco's divisive bid to rejoin the bloc at a summit Monday and sounded alarm for the...

Kenya to return peacekeeping force to South Sudan 30 Jan 2017 - 10:53 am

NAIROBI, Kenya: Kenyan troops will return to South Sudan to rejoin the UN peacekeeping mission, the State House in the capital Nairobi announced...

Rescue effort under way at Tanzania gold mine 29 Jan 2017 - 01:50 pm

Nairobi: A rescue operation is under way to try and free at least 14 gold miners trapped underground for two days in northern...

New Gambia president vows to reform intelligence agency 29 Jan 2017 - 10:30 am

BANJUL, Gambia: The new president of Gambia, Adama Barrrow, who toppled the country’s longstanding leader, Yahya Jammeh, has promised to reform and change...

Congo suspends six workers aiding deported HRW official 29 Jan 2017 - 09:54 am

ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: Six workers from the General Directorate of Migration (DGM) in Democratic Republic of Congo were on Saturday suspended...

Over 70 al-Shabab killed in attack on Kenyan troops 28 Jan 2017 - 12:35 pm

NAIROBI: More than 70 al-Shabab militants were killed Friday after they stormed a military base in Kulibuyow in Somalia’s Lower Jubba region near...

At least 20 killed in Somali rebel attack 28 Jan 2017 - 12:19 pm

MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least 20 people, including 10 Kenyan peacekeepers, were killed on Friday when al-Shabaab militants attacked their base, officials have said....

Opposition chief calls for return of democracy in Sudan 28 Jan 2017 - 12:01 pm

KHARTOUM, Sudan: Addressing supporters in Khartoum Thursday evening, Sudanese opposition leader Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi said he returned to the country -- after 30 months...

Gambia plans February 18 celebration as new leader arrives home 28 Jan 2017 - 04:40 am

BANJUL, Gambia: Billboards across Gambia's capital are declaring a Feb. 18 ceremony to mark the inauguration of the country's new leader, a day...

Starvation looms for 6 million kids in Horn of Africa 28 Jan 2017 - 03:14 am

Nairobi: Hunger, malnutrition and death threaten 6.5 million children in the impoverished drylands of Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya due to back-to-back droughts, a...

Army major shot dead in eastern Burundi 26 Jan 2017 - 05:18 pm

BUJUMBURA, Burundi: An army major was shot dead by another Burundian soldier Wednesday night in eastern Burundi, a military source told Anadolu Agency...