Africa

First rains hit Mozambique as Cyclone Freddy inches closer, again

  Maputo, Mozambique | AFP | Intense rains and winds started to lash parts of Mozambique on Saturday as Tropical…

Nearly 130,000 facing starvation in Horn of Africa: WHO

Nearly 130,000 people in the Greater Horn of Africa are "staring death in the eyes" from catastrophic hunger, the World…

Nigeria postpones local state election after court ruling

by Emmanuel ANULE Agence France-Presse ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) -- Nigeria's electoral agency said on Wednesday it had postponed a weekend…

Kenyan innovators turn e-waste to bio-robotic prosthetic

by Mary KULUNDU Agence France Presse Nairobi, Kenya (AFP) -- Twoportraits of Albert Einstein hang on the walls of a…

M23 rebels clash with DR Congo troops despite ceasefire

by Alexis HUGUET Agence France-Presse GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) -- M23 rebels clashed with soldiers on two fronts in eastern…

Two dead, 16 hurt in Egypt train accident: health ministry

QALYUB, Egypt (AFP) -- Two people were killed and several others injured Tuesday in a train accident north of Cairo,…

Macron says era of French interference in Africa is ‘over’

by Valerie LEROUX and Thomas GROPALLO Agence France-Presse LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AFP) -- President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said the era…

Nigeria presidential election drama heads to the courts

by Louise Dewast with Alexandre Martins Lopes in Lagos Agence France-Presse ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) -- The two major defeated candidates…

S.Africa’s Pistorius up for parole in girlfriend’s murder

South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, who killed his girlfriend 10 years ago, will know in about a month whether…

‘The conflict goes on’: South Sudan’s never-ending war

by Nick Perry Agence France-Presse NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- "South Sudan remains significantly peaceful", declared the opening line of a…

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