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South Africa extends army's Cape Town crime crackdown 16 Sep 2019 - 06:36 pm

Cape Town: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday extended by six months the deployment of South African troops on the streets of...

Niamey residents flee after the worst floods in 50 years 16 Sep 2019 - 05:05 pm

Niamey: "At last, we're here!" Amina and Halima, who live in Niger's capital Niamey, exulted after reaching high ground following the worst floods...

Widow of late Tunisia leader Essebsi dies as presidential poll opens 15 Sep 2019 - 12:17 pm

Tunis: Chadlia Caid Essebsi, the wife of the late Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi, passed away on Sunday as the first round of...

Tunisia seeks new leader to boost economy, fight terror 15 Sep 2019 - 10:32 am

Tunis, Tunisia: Tunisians are casting ballots in their North African country's second democratic presidential election, choosing among 26 candidates for a leader who...

In fuel-short Mali, farmers find money in saving tree stumps 13 Sep 2019 - 09:52 pm

BAMAKO: Drissa Bouare has been selling charcoal in Mali's capital, Bamako, for almost two decades, but has never had more trouble finding supplies...

Mugabe will have private burial at national Heroes' Acre 13 Sep 2019 - 06:42 pm

HARARE, Zimbabwe: Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will be buried at the national Heroes' Acre site but the date has not yet been...

Exhausted Central Africans leave exile for unknowns at home 12 Sep 2019 - 09:17 pm

Mongoumba, Central African Republic: Under the tarpaulin shading the back of the lorry, the heat is still stifling on a rough road for...

'They fooled us': Benin bulldozes district, leaving residents homeless 12 Sep 2019 - 09:17 pm

Cotonou: The people watched in horror as the bulldozers moved in. Soon their meagre dwellings were reduced to rubble, becoming homes only to...

At least 50 dead in Congo after train derails - minister 12 Sep 2019 - 02:13 pm

GOMA: At least 50 people were killed when a train derailed in Congo's southeastern province of Tanganyika in the early hours of Thursday,...

Mugabe's body arrives home to divided Zimbabwe, burial dispute 11 Sep 2019 - 09:18 pm

Harare: The body of Zimbabwe's ex-president, Robert Mugabe, arrived home on Wednesday to an honour guard in a country divided over the legacy...

Mugabe's body expected in Zimbabwe, burial place still a mystery 11 Sep 2019 - 10:19 am

HARARE: The body of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was expected in the country later on Wednesday, a family spokesman said, but his...

Ugandan leader calls for eye-for-an-eye-style sentences after nephew murdered 11 Sep 2019 - 09:07 am

KAMPALA, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has said he wants courts to hand out eye-for-an-eye-style sentences for all murder convicts, to help stem soaring...

Mugabe polarises Zimbabwe in death as well as in life 10 Sep 2019 - 07:23 pm

HARARE: Zimbabwe's founder Robert Mugabe is proving as polarising in death as he was in life, with a fight over where he will...

African refugees held captive in Libya to go to Rwanda in coming weeks: UNHCR 10 Sep 2019 - 06:22 pm

NAIROBI/LONDON: Hundreds of African refugees trapped in Libyan detention centres will be evacuated to Rwanda within the next few weeks as part of...

Six policemen killed in attack in Burkina Faso 10 Sep 2019 - 09:47 am

Ouagadougou, Sept 10, 2019 (AFP) - Six policemen have been killed in an attack in northern Burkina Faso, in a region prone to...

Relatives fly to Singapore to bring Mugabe home 09 Sep 2019 - 06:53 pm

Harare: Close relatives and government officials flew out of Zimbabwe on Monday to collect the body of ex-president Robert Mugabe from Singapore where...