Antananarivo - Madagascan forces put down a three-day mutiny on Saturday when they stormed an army base and arrested dissident soldiers who had declared a coup on the…
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Namibia ‘bomb’ was security test
Berlin - A suspected bomb intercepted in Namibia that was to be put on a Munich-bound charter plane was only a US-made dummy used to test security checks,…
Gabon parties file suit against TI
Libreville - Five associations in Gabon on Monday filed a suit against Transparency International (TI), accusing the watchdog group of defamation against the late president Omar Bongo Ondimba,…
Rwanda frees army general from house arrest
Nairobi - A Rwandan army general arrested in April and placed under house arrest for misconduct has been released, a statement said on Thursday.
Nigerian military frees 19 hostages
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- Nigerian authorities have freed 19 hostages seized by rebels in the oil-rich Niger Delta region, a military spokesman said Thursday.
Mass break-out at Congolese jail
Nearly 200 prisoners in the Democratic Republic of Congo have escaped from a jail in the remote north-west of the country.
Madagascar orders evacuation near coup bid barracks
Madagascar's defence ministry has told people living near an army barracks occupied by a group of rebel soldiers that they should leave the area.
Malagasy rebels in talks with regime
Antananarivo - Madagascar troops who staged a mutiny and claimed to have seized power on the island were on Thursday holed up in their barracks negotiating with the…
South Sudan takes first step towards independence
Thousands start registering for January referendum on whether to split country in two after decades-long civil war.
Tanzania’s albino MP fears for life
DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzania's first elected albino member of parliament fears his life could be in danger in the east African country where albino hunters kill their…