Kagame poised for third-term win in Rwanda election
by Stephanie Aglietti Agence France Presse KIGALI, Rwanda (AFP) -- Rwandans began voting Friday in a presidential election widely expected…
7 years ago
Africa
Eight killed in Nigeria suicide bombing: authorities
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AFP) - Eight people were killed on Monday when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a…
7 years ago
Top South Africa court okays secret ballots in Zuma no-confidence vote
by Susan Njanji JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa's highest court on Thursday ruled that lawmakers can cast secret ballots…
7 years ago
S.Africa west coast storm kills 8, causes chaos
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AFP) - A ferocious storm killed eight people as it pummeled South Africa's west coast on Wednesday,…
7 years ago
Meningitis caused almost 180 deaths in Niger since January: UN
NIAMEY, Niger (AFP) -- At least 179 people, almost half of them children, have died of meningitis since January in Niger,…
8 years ago
Iglesia Ni Cristo holds first-ever baptism in Liberia
By Dexter T. Manglicmot WASHINGTON D.C. (Eagle News Service) -- Minister of the Iglesia Ni Cristo, Matt Talens, would have…
8 years ago
Ebola outbreak in remote part of DR Congo
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP ) - The first Ebola outbreak since the crisis in West Africa that killed 11,300 people…
8 years ago
Black rhinos to come back home to Rwanda
by Cyril BELAUD Agence France-Presse KIGALI, Rwanda - Around 20 of Africa's endangered Eastern black rhinos are returning in an…
8 years ago
S. Africa’s largest trade union wants Zuma to resign
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa's powerful trade union federation Cosatu, a key coalition partner of the ruling ANC, on…
8 years ago
6.5-magnitude quake shakes southern Africa
GABORONE, Bostwana (AFP) -- A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck the southern African nation of Botswana on…
8 years ago
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