Pirates have hijacked an Italian diesel tanker off Benin in western Africa in an attack of the kind more usually associated with Somalia.
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Sudan launches a new currency, following South Sudan
Sudan has officially introduced a new currency.
UN holds talks on East Africa crisis
Rome - A catastrophic drought in the Horn of Africa demands "massive and urgent" action from the international community, the UN food agency's chief said on Monday as…
11 killed in Burkina Faso road accident
Ouagadougou - A highway accident involving two buses and a freight truck in Burkina Faso has killed at least 11 west Africans and injured 41, the government said…
MUTHARIKA SACKS ARMY CHIEF OVER RIOTS
LILONGWE–Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika has fired the country’s military chief, General Marko Chiziko, state radio, quoting a statement from the Office of the President and Cabinet, announced…
Militants assault MP, journalist
Harare - Supporters of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's party beat up a lawmaker and a journalist when they barged into a public hearing on a proposed human rights bill,…
Pirates seize Italian ship near Guinea
Rome - Three pirates boarded and seized an Italian merchant ship carrying fuel in the Gulf of Guinea on Sunday, ANSA news agency said.
North Sudan also launches new currency
Khartoum - Sudan will start circulating its new currency on Sunday, the central bank said, days after South Sudan started rolling out a currency of its own.
Vezéráldozat és árulás Dél-Szudánban
Dél-Szudán, Dzsuba – Meghalt egy dél-szudáni lázadó vezér. Egyes hírek szerint a saját emberei végeztek vele. Mások szerint a hadsereg katonái ölték meg. A július 9-én hivatalosan is…
Bomba robbant Nigériában
Nigéria, Abudzsa – A szélsőséges iszlamisták pokolgépet robbantottak az ország észak-keleti részében. A támadásban három katona súlyosan megsebesült.