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21 bodies found after mudslide at gold mine

Apr 12, 2019 545

Liberian authorities, on Thursday, confirmed that 21 bodies have been recovered from a gold mine where a mudslide buried some miners two months ago. The authorities said up to 45 miners were thought to have been trapped after the mudslide at the... Read More

Just in: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir steps down after months of wild protest

Apr 11, 2019 851

In the wake of growing protest that lasted for over four months by thousands of Sudanese, Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has reportedly stepped down from office after 30 years of ruling over the African country.      ... Read More

Niger City On Lockdown After Boko Haram Attack

Apr 11, 2019 2432

A Niger city was on lockdown Wednesday after suspected IS-linked Boko Haram militants launched an attack, killing police, taking hostages, and blowing themselves up with suicide vests, officials said.         The... Read More

30 Jihadists ‘Killed Or Captured’ In Raids Near Burkina Faso – French Military

Apr 11, 2019 711

French and Malian troops killed or captured more than 30 extremists and dismantled a jihadist training camp during a major counter-terrorism operation near Mali’s border with Burkina Faso, the French military told AFP on... Read More

Air Strike Disrupts Flights As Thousands Flee Libya Clashes.

Apr 09, 2019 507

Fighting raged around Tripoli and an air strike closed its only functioning airport Monday, as Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar defied international calls to halt his advance on the capital. Thousands were also reported by the United Nations to be... Read More

Ebola Toll Tops 700 In DR Congo.

Apr 08, 2019 697

Some 100 people have died in the Ebola epidemic in DR Congo over the past three weeks, taking the overall death toll in the latest outbreak past 700, according to health ministry data. Local people are now at least receiving vaccines on a large... Read More

Gunmen Abduct US Tourist And driver In Uganda.

Apr 05, 2019 336

            Gunmen in Uganda have abducted an American tourist and his driver inside a national park close to the border with Democratic Republic of Congo, government spokesman Ofwono... Read More

Cyclone Idai: Woman gives birth to baby girl atop a mango tree.

Apr 04, 2019 403

            The woman identified simply as Amelia was forced to climb up a mango tree with her two-year-old son and stayed up there for more than two days after finding a "new home" ontop... Read More

First official report of Ethiopian airline crash emerges

Apr 04, 2019 343

            Ethiopia’s Minister of transport, Dagmawit Moges, on Thursday, said Ethiopian Airlines pilots followed proper guidance in the fatal crash of a Boeing MAX 8 aeroplane last... Read More

South Africa: Nigerians Attacked, Shops Looted In Fresh Xenophic Attacks.

Apr 04, 2019 407

            According to confirmed reports, Nigerian owned businesses were targeted as some shops were vandalised and goods stolen in a recent Xenophobic attack which happened on Tuesday in... Read More

Africa Largest Solar Panel Factory Unveiled In Borno

Apr 03, 2019 464

       Governor Kashim Shettima’s Borno State is unveiling Africa’s biggest Automated Solar Panel manufacturing plant aimed at setting the stage for the industrialisation of Borno State. This is coming months after... Read More

South Africa’s Ramaphosa Condemns Xenophobic Attacks On Foreigners.

Apr 03, 2019 551

            South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday condemned attacks on foreign-owned shops that have left three people dead and led hundreds of Malawians to flee their homes. A... Read More

Zimbabwe Army Truck Accidentally Kills Two Cyclone Survivors Waiting For Relief Aid.

Apr 01, 2019 349

            Two survivors of cyclone Idai died and 11 were hurt when the breaks failed on an army truck delivering food aid in eastern Zimbabwe and it ploughed into a waiting crowd, an official... Read More

Eleven Dead As Bomb Blast Hits Somali Restaurant At Lunchtime.

Mar 28, 2019 331

        At least 11 people died when a bomb exploded on a busy street and ripped into a nearby restaurant in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday, medics said. Security officials and witnesses reported... Read More

Ebola Epidemic In DR Congo Now Exceeds 1,000 Cases.

Mar 28, 2019 334

        The number of cases in a nearly eight-month-old epidemic of Ebola in eastern DR Congo now exceeds 1,000, almost two-thirds of whom have died, the health ministry has revealed. The accumulated number of... Read More

12 Killed As Boko Haram Attacks Eastern Niger.

Mar 28, 2019 538

        Ten people were killed along with two suicide bombers in a coordinated attack late Tuesday by Boko Haram jihadists on a town in eastern Niger, the local mayor said. Two female suicide bombers blew... Read More

Xenophobia: Nigerians decry fresh attacks by South Africans.

Mar 27, 2019 476

     The Nigerian Union in South Africa (NUSA) has expressed displeasure with alleged violent attacks on Nigerians in the latest wave of xenophobic attacks on foreigners in that country. The Acting Secretary of NUSA, Collins... Read More

Red Cross Warns Mozambique Cyclone Survivors Of Worsening Health Situation.

Mar 27, 2019 613

       Survivors of a powerful cyclone that pummelled southern Africa were to begin receiving emergency medicine, food and tents on Tuesday as floodwaters receded, while the Red Cross warned of “a ticking bomb” of... Read More