JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former Madagascar leader Marc Ravalomanana will return to the Indian Ocean island "imminently", a statement released by his South African publicists firm said on Wednesday.
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Rebels attack more towns in northern Mali
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Nomadic Tuareg rebels backed by former soldiers from Libya stepped up attacks on towns in northern Mali on Wednesday, stoking fears that last year's war to…
Ítéletidő Mozambikban
Mozambik, Maputo – Heves esőzések, áradások és orkánerejű szél rombolt és pusztított Mozambikban. Az időjárás miatt legalább 500 család vált hajléktalanná. Dél-Afrikát is elérte a vihar, de ott…
First oil well drilled in war-ravaged Somalia for 20 years
Drilling has begun on the first oil well in war-torn Somalia in 20 years, as Canada's Horn Petroleum Corp. broke ground on an exploratory site in the breakaway…
480 homeless after heavy rains in Mozambique
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Nearly 500 people were flooded out of their homes in Mozambique's capital after a tropical depression brought torrential rain and high winds, city officials said Wednesday.
Malawi gang ‘stripped women in trousers’
Malawi's police have arrested a gang that had been terrorising trouser-wearing women in the capital Lilongwe by stripping off their clothes, a spokesman said Wednesday.
Líbiában szabadult ki az algériai prefektus
Algéria, Líbia - Az algériai hírügynökség /APS/ az algíri belügyminisztériumra hivatkozva közölte, hogy a biztonsági erők Líbiában kiszabadították az elrabolt prefektust. Az emberrablókat elfogták.
Ethiopia says four kidnapped in Afar tourist attack
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Four people, including two foreign tourists were kidnapped by gunmen who killed five foreigners in Ethiopia's Afar region, a government spokesman said on Wednesday.
Russia considers withdrawal from South Sudan force: UN
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia is considering withdrawing its military helicopters servicing the U.N. peacekeeping force in South Sudan after voicing alarm at attacks on Russian personnel there, a…
Tourists from 5 nations victims in Ethiopia attack
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An Ethiopian official says that four people were kidnapped in an attack by gunmen on a group of European tourists in northern Ethiopia.