Starving to death: Boko Haram’s food crisis in Nigeria
by Phil HAZLEWOOD, Aminu ABUBAKAR MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AFP) -- Doctors crowded around Abdullahi. One squeezed a drip and another prepared…
8 years ago
Africa
Several killed in second day of DR Congo unrest
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) - by Marthe BOSUANDOLE Several people died in a second day of violence in DR Congo…
8 years ago
Disease outbreak kills 19 in rain-hit Sudan: minister
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) -- An outbreak of water-borne disease has killed at least 19 people and sickened scores more in Sudan's…
8 years ago
DR Congo bans opposition rally after two policemen killed
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) - by Marthe BOSUANDOLE DR Congo authorities banned a huge opposition demonstration on Monday after two…
8 years ago
13 dead, 200 injured in Tanzania earthquake: local official
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AFP) -- At least 13 people were killed and 203 injured in northwest Tanzania when a 5.7…
8 years ago
Benin landfill blast kills two: police
TORI, Benin (AFP) - At least two people were killed and scores more suffered severe burns after an explosion at…
8 years ago
South Sudan agrees to more U.N. troops in bid to avoid arms embargo
The government of South Sudan agreed on Sunday (September 4) to accept 4,000 extra peacekeepers in a bid to avoid…
8 years ago
Clashes leave two more dead in crisis-hit Gabon
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AFP) - by Florian Plaucheur and Celia Lebur Two people died early Friday following overnight clashes in Gabon,…
8 years ago
Clashes erupt in DR Congo ahead of crunch talks
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) - by Bienvenu-Marie BAKUMANYA Police and protesters clashed Thursday in the Democratic Republic of Congo's sprawling capital…
8 years ago
Shabaab gunmen attack beach restaurant in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AFP) -Shabaab jihadists attacked a beachfront restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, setting off a car…
8 years ago
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