Colonial deal and oil factor in Kenya-Somalia border row
Reading Time: < 1 minutes It looks like the Kenya and Somalia border issue is throwing us back to an issue historians tend to think
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7 killed as thousands demand civilian rule in Sudan
Reading Time: 2 minutes Huge crowds marched on Sudan’s defense ministry on Sunday demanding the ruling military hand over power to civilians, and the
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Libyan fighters seize U.S. and Chinese missiles from Haftar’s forces
Reading Time: 2 minutes Forces allied to Libya’s internationally recognized government based in Tripoli captured sophisticated U.S. and Chinese rockets as well as drones
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Glencore’s Congo tragedy highlights security conundrum for miners
Reading Time: 3 minutes The deaths of 43 illegal miners at a Glencore facility in Congo last week highlighted a growing challenge for mining
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Italian police arrest migrant-rescue ship captain after docking
Reading Time: 2 minutes Italian police arrested on Saturday the German captain of a migrant-rescue ship at the center of a standoff with the
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Cameroon opposition leader released after abduction
Reading Time: < 1 minutes The leader of one of Cameroon’s main opposition parties was released by his captors on Saturday after being abducted by
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Ethiopia airs voice of alleged coup leader killed in crackdown
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ethiopia has released a recording of the state militia commander it says led a failed coup attempt last week in
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Sudan security forces ‘carry out raid’ ahead of mass protest
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Sudan’s main opposition group says security forces raided its office and blocked a press conference on the eve of mass
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Rescue ship’s captain accuses European states of abandoning migrants
Reading Time: 2 minutes The captain of rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 said on Thursday European states have no interest in finding a political solution
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Nigerian man dies after hunger strike in Japan detention center
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Nigerian man died in a Japanese immigration detention center this week, an official said on Thursday, bringing to an
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Ethiopia’s ethnic militias in the spotlight after failed coup
Reading Time: 2 minutes A foiled coup in the Ethiopian state of Amhara that left five senior officials dead, including the army’s chief of
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Senegal President’s brother resigns after allegations of energy fraud
Reading Time: 2 minutes The brother of Senegal’s President Macky Sall has resigned from his government post after allegations of fraud relating to natural
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China says Africa projects should be sustainable, denounces criticism
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chinese development projects in Africa must be sustainable, the government’s top diplomat told senior African ministers on Tuesday, as he
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Meet the ‘animals’ competing for the Africa Cup of Nations
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Africa Cup of Nations is under way in Egypt, with 24 countries – all with different monikers – clashing
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Mauritania opposition challenges ruling party victory
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Mauritania’s ruling party candidate has won the first democratic transition of power since independence in 1960. Mohamed Ahmed Oudl Ghazouani,
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Ethiopian, African Union mediation needs to be unified – Sudan military council
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sudan’s ruling military council said on Sunday that Ethiopia and the African Union needed to unify their efforts to mediate
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Ethiopia’s army chief, three others killed in failed regional coup
Reading Time: 4 minutes Ethiopia’s army chief of staff and the head of the northern state of Amhara were killed in two separate but
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Ramaphosa: We’re still living with the ‘devastating’ impact of Natives Land Act
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa, whose administration will most likely be defined by how his government deals with the land question, opened
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Ethiopian coup mastermind on the run as gov’t says it is conducting manhunt
Reading Time: 2 minutes The masterminds of Ethiopia’s Saturday coup attempt are on the ran as the government step up manhunt on many suspects
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Mauritania’s Ghazouani wins majority in presidential vote: CENI
Reading Time: 2 minutes Government candidate Mohamed Ould Ghazouani wins 51.9 percent with nearly all votes counted, provisional results show. Mauritania’s government has declared
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Armed robbers steal 500 loaves of bread in Zimbabwe
Reading Time: < 1 minutes A gang of armed robbers stole 500 loaves of bread during a delivery at a bakery in Zimbabwe earlier this
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Butchers : Janjaweed and Mathiang Anyoor
Reading Time: 5 minutes The massacre in cold blood that took place in front of the Sudanese Military Headquarters in Khartoum stunned the Sudanese
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Militants killed while attacking Kenya police base
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Three suspected al-Shabab militants have been killed after they attacked a police camp in Kenya’s eastern County of Garissa, close
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Letter To President Kiir: Ongoing corruption at the pre-transitional committee
Reading Time: 4 minutes According to the Revitalised Peace agreement on the resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan, the National Pre-transitional
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Field Masrshal Haftar Says Tripoli Operation Will Not Stop
Reading Time: 3 minutes Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar vowed on Thursday that the operation he launched to rid Tripoli of terrorist
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Nigerian Girl, 18, Found Dead In Ghana-must-go Bag
Reading Time: 2 minutes An 18-year old girl identified as Favour Ogheneyenrowho kidnapped by suspected ritualist has been found dead in a Ghana-must-go bag
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South Africa judiciary is about to be captured
Reading Time: 2 minutes The EFF leader has accused politicians including Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan of having clandestine meetings with SA’s judges.
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African countries: Nigeria,Ghana,Ethiopia and Kenya paying 30 times more for drugs
Reading Time: < 1 minutes A new report argues that cheaper medicines are vital for quality healthcare Countries like Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia and Kenya could
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Amnesty International urges fair Egyptian inquiry into Mursi’s death
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Amnesty International urged Egyptian authorities on Monday to investigate the death of former Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, who died suddenly
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Former Egyptian president Mursi buried in Cairo, son says
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi has been buried alongside other senior figures of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, his son,
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Boko Haram Triple suicide attack kills at least 30 in Nigeria
Reading Time: < 1 minutes At least 30 people have been killed in a triple suicide attack in northeast Nigerian state of Borno, state emergency
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Chad opposition leader arrested in France on crime against humanity charges
Reading Time: < 1 minutes France has arrested a Chadian rebel leader along with two other people for alleged crimes against humanity, the Paris prosecutor’s
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