Toll from Niger tanker truck blast rises to 60: authorities
NIAMEY, Niger (AFP) -- The death toll from a tanker truck explosion near the international airport in Niger's capital,…
6 years ago
Africa
38 killed as floods worsen in Mozambique after second cyclone
by Gregory WALTON PEMBA, Mozambique (AFP) -- Heavy rain battered northern Mozambique on Monday as residents and relief workers confronted…
6 years ago
Libyan air strikes kill four, wound 37: government
TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) -- Air raids on Tripoli Sunday night killed four people and wounded 37, Libya's Government of National…
6 years ago
Jihadists kill pastor, four others in church attack in Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) -- Gunmen killed four worshippers and a pastor in the first jihadist attack on a…
6 years ago
First death as Cyclone Kenneth smashes into Mozambique
by Greg Walton and Joaquim Nhamirre Agence France Presse MAPUTO, Mozambique (AFP) -- A powerful cyclone smashed into northern…
6 years ago
Mozambique braces for Cyclone Kenneth
A powerful cyclone was set to make landfall in northern Mozambique Thursday, barely a month after a super-storm slammed into…
6 years ago
51 killed, 1,000 people displaced by floods in S.Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- Devastating floods in South Africa have left 51 dead and forced more than a thousand…
6 years ago
Road accident kills 19 wedding guests in Nigeria
KANO, Nigeria (AFP) -- Nineteen wedding guests in the northern Nigerian state of Jigawa died when their bus lost control…
6 years ago
UN says over 260 killed in Libya battle as African leaders meet
TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) -- At least 264 people have been killed and over 1,200 wounded in weeks of fighting on…
6 years ago
Haftar forces press offensive on Libyan capital
by Imed Lamloum TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) -- Forces backing Libya's unity government battled to push back an offensive by strongman…
6 years ago
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