Chadian officials claim their troops have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim)-aligned leader of the group that staged January's bloody operation at Algeria's…
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South Africa shock as ‘police dragging’ video man dies
South Africa's police watchdog is investigating the death of a Mozambican taxi driver who was allegedly handcuffed to the back of a police van and dragged through the…
Israeli Ethiopian birth control to be examined
Israel's health ministry is to investigate why contraceptive injections were widely given to Ethiopian immigrant women.
Sudan sends more troops to volatile border state
(Reuters) - Sudan is sending reinforcements toBlue Nilestate to fight rebels near the border to South Sudan, state-linked media said on Thursday.
Al Qaeda commander Abu Zeid killed in Mali: Ennahar TV
Reuters) - French forces in Mali have killed Abdelhamid Abu Zeid, a leading field commander of al Qaeda's north Africa wing AQIM, Algerian Ennahar television reported on Thursday.
At least nine die in plane crash in Congolese town of Goma
(Reuters) - At least nine people were killed on Monday when a twin-propeller plane crashed as it tried to land in bad weather in the eastern Congolese town…
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe holds lavish 89th birthday party
Thousands of people have attended a lavish party to celebrate Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's 89th birthday in the mining town of Bindura.
Protester shot dead, Guinea election talks falter
CONAKRY, March 4 (Reuters) - At least one person was killed and six others wounded on Monday when Guinea's security forces opened fire in the capital, a human…
Véres lázongások egy francia apáca meggyilkolása után Madagaszkáron
Madagaszkár, Franciaország - A 82 éves apácát, aki 42 éve élt a szigeten, ahol jótékonysági munkát folytatott, a hét végén ölték meg. Temetése hétfőn volt. Ezt követően a…
Az ENSZ elítéli az albínók elleni pogromot Tanzániában
Tanzánia, Egyesült Államok - "Nagy szégyen, hogy egyeseket megkülönböztetnek, bántalmaznak olykor meg is ölnek a bőrük színe miatt!" - állapítja meg az ENSZ emberi jogi biztosának jelentése. Navi…