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Anger in Ghana after four die in fuel station fire, blasts 08 Oct 2017 - 03:45 pm

Accra: Ghanaians on Sunday pushed the government to improve safety at fuel stations after four people were killed when a tanker truck carrying...

Three dead in Ghana as gas truck fire causes explosions 08 Oct 2017 - 10:49 am

Accra: At least three people were killed and dozens injured after a tanker truck carrying natural gas caught fire in Ghana's capital, Accra,...

S.African families battle to uncover apartheid truth 08 Oct 2017 - 09:12 am

Hammanskraal, South Africa: Time is running out for 95-year-old Phillip Mabelane. For 40 years he has waited to discover the truth of how...

Liberia, scarred by war and Ebola 08 Oct 2017 - 09:00 am

Monrovia: Liberia, which elects a new president on Tuesday, is an English-speaking nation in West Africa that is still scarred by a gruesome...

Sudan welcomes US decision to lift 20-year sanctions 07 Oct 2017 - 12:39 pm

KHARTOUM, Sudan: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry welcomed the lift of sanctions by the United States after twenty years. In a written statement published...

Gabon president wins libel case against French author 05 Oct 2017 - 07:23 pm

Paris: A Paris court on Thursday fined French journalist and writer Pierre Pean 1,000 euros ($1,170) and ordered him to pay a symbolic...

Troops killed in attack on US-Niger patrol 05 Oct 2017 - 01:41 pm

Niamey: Several soldiers were killed -- among them reportedly US special forces -- when a joint US-Niger patrol was ambushed near the border...

22 killed in Nigeria’s boat mishap 05 Oct 2017 - 10:54 am

Lagos Nigeria: At least 22 persons have been confirmed dead in a boat mishap in central Nigeria Wednesday evening relief agencies’ officials said....

South Sudan clashes leave nearly 100 dead 05 Oct 2017 - 10:50 am

JUBA, South Sudan: Around 100 people have been killed and dozens of others injured since renewed fighting broke out Sunday between government armed...

Somali president reaches Sudan for two-day visit 05 Oct 2017 - 10:47 am

KHARTOUM: Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed arrived in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Wednesday for a two-day visit. He was received by his...

Suicide bombing kills 4 in Libya’s Misurata 05 Oct 2017 - 10:26 am

MISURATA, Libya: Four people were killed and two dozens injured in a suicide bombing in Libya’s northwestern city of Misurata on Wednesday, according...

Five US army soldiers killed, wounded in Ambush in Niger 05 Oct 2017 - 09:50 am

Niamey: Three US Army Special Forces soldiers were killed and two were wounded in an ambush in Niger on Wednesday while on a...

Vanuatu volcano island evacuation complete 05 Oct 2017 - 08:56 am

Sydney: The evacuation of more than 11,000 people from a Vanuatu island threatened by a volcano was completed Thursday, authorities said, as aid...

6 girls, 2 women from one family shot dead in S.Africa 04 Oct 2017 - 05:28 pm

Johannesburg: Eight female members of one family were shot dead in their homes in South Africa, police said Wednesday, with attackers also setting...

600,000 displaced from Central African Republic 04 Oct 2017 - 09:58 am

ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: Renewed violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) has led the displacement of over half-a-million people, with thousands...

Ugandan opposition legislators face ‘threats’ 04 Oct 2017 - 09:51 am

KAMPALA, Uganda: Ugandan opposition legislators opposed to the lifting of the presidential age limit from the constitution are facing “death threats”. On Tuesday...