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Zambia: Groups blast president's bid for 3rd term 05 Feb 2017 - 10:29 am

LUSAKA, Zambia: An alliance of opposition political parties, NGOs, and religious movements Saturday blasted Zambia’s top law enforcement official for claiming the president...

Angola's long-time President Dos Santos confirms will step down 03 Feb 2017 - 12:39 pm

Luanda: Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos confirmed Friday that he would step down ahead of elections due in August, signalling the end...

Pregnant and abandoned by soldiers in northeast Nigeria 02 Feb 2017 - 04:59 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Ummi Hassan sat on the trunk of a felled tree, her eyes fixed on her bulging belly. She was just weeks...

At least 94 psychiatric patients died of negligence in South Africa last year 01 Feb 2017 - 07:30 pm

JOHANNESBURG: At least 94 psychiatric patients died of negligence in South Africa last year after they were moved from a licensed home to...

Zimbabwe protest leader Mawarire detained at Harare airport: sister 01 Feb 2017 - 07:23 pm

Harare: The Zimbabwean pastor who led a surge of protests last year against President Robert Mugabe's authoritarian government was arrested at Harare airport...

Failure of malaria drug ‘early warning’ for Africa, researchers say 01 Feb 2017 - 06:50 pm

LONDON: A drug widely used to cure malaria has failed for the first time in patients being treated in Britain, raising questions over...

African Union summit concludes with Trump criticism 01 Feb 2017 - 12:08 pm

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: The 28th Summit of the African Union ended early Wednesday as it criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's ban on immigrants...

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...