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CAR bans mobile phone text messages
The Central African Republic (CAR) has banned the use of mobile phone text messages. The move is aimed at helping to restore security after more...
Nigeria missing girls: Abuja authorities ban support rallies
Nigerian authorities have banned public protests in the capital Abuja for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls seized by Islamist militants in April. Abuja...
Sudan: Meriam Ibrahim to be freed in few days
Meriam Ibrahim, who was sentenced to death for having abandoned the Islamic faith, are to freed by Sudanese authorities, a foreign ministry official says. The...
Malawi elections 2014: Peter Mutharika sworn in as president as Joyce Banda admits defeat
The leader of Malawi’s Democratic Progressive Party, Peter Mutharika, has been sworn in as the country's president after the High Court rejected a request...
Nigeria: Emir of Gwoza Alhaji Idrissa Timta shot dead in Borno attack
Three of Nigeria’s high-ranking traditional leaders today came under heavy bombardment from Boko Haram militants while on their way to the burial of the...
Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag: Sudanese woman sentenced to death gives birth in jail
Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag, the Sudanese woman awaiting the death penalty for abandoning her religious faith, has given birth in jail near Khartoum, her...
Nigerian army knows abducted girls’ location
Nigeria’s army has announced it knows where the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram are but it will not attempt a rescue. Nigeria's Chief of Defence...
Nigeria calls off deal for release of abducted schoolgirls
Nigeria has called off a deal with Islamist group Boko Haram for the release of some of the abducted schoolgirls. Some of the girls were...
Oscar Pistorius begins mental evaluation at Pretoria psychiatric hospital
Oscar Pistorius has begun his mental evaluation at a psychiatric hospital in South Africa's capital, Pretoria. The judge at Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial has ordered...
Mali: Tuareg rebels agree to ceasefire after talks in Kidal
Mali’s Tuareg rebels have agreed to a ceasefire, two days after clashes with the army threatened to throw the country back into chaos. Three Tuareg...
Jacob Zuma to be sworn in for second term as South Africa’s president
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma will be sworn into office for a second term, following the African National Congress' victory at the polls. The ANC...
Nigeria: Teachers holding day of protests in support of kidnapped schoolgirls
Nigerian teachers are holding a day of protests in support of more than 200 schoolgirls seized by the Islamist group Boko Haram last month. Teaching...
Nigeria: Boko Haram kills 17 people in Alagarno attack
Boko Haram has been accused of killing at least 17 people in an attack on Alagarno, a village in north-east Nigeria, close to Chibok,...
Nigeria: Two bomb explosions kill at least 46 in Jos
Two bomb explosions killed at least 46 people in the central Nigerian city of Jos, police say. The first blast was in a busy market...
Oscar Pistorius ordered to start psychiatric evaluation
Oscar Pistorius has been ordered to start daily tests on Monday to assess his mental state when he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Judge Thokozile...
Nairobi twin blasts kill at least 10 people in Gikomba market
Two blasts in the Kenyan capital Nairobi has killed at least 10 people and injured scores more. Police said two improvised explosive devices had been...
Nigeria girls abduction: President Goodluck Jonathan calls off visit to Chibok
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has canceled his visit to Chibok, the town where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted, officials say. Goodluck Jonathan would stop...
Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag: Sudanese pregnant woman sentenced to death for apostasy
A Sudanese woman has been sentenced to hang for apostasy - leaving Islam - after she married a Christian man. Amnesty International condemned the sentence,...
Oscar Pistorius ordered to undergo independent mental health assessment
Oscar Pistorius has been ordered to undergo a mental evaluation, the judge at his Pretoria murder trial has ruled. Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled that psychiatric...
Oscar Pistorius trial: Prosecutor Gerrie Nel applies for mental observation
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel in the trial of Oscar Pistorius has formally requested that he undergo a mental observation. Gerrie Nel made the application after forensic...
Nigeria girls abduction: US flies manned surveillance missions
The US is flying manned surveillance missions over Nigeria to try to find more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant Islamist group Boko...
Oscar Pistorius suffers from anxiety disorder since childhood
A psychiatrist has said at Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial that South African Olympic athlete has had an anxiety disorder since childhood and was "anxious"...
Video of Nigerian kidnapped girls released by Boko Haram
Islamist militants Boko Haram have released a video claiming to show around 100 girls kidnapped from a school in Nigeria last month. Boko Haram's leader,...
South Sudan ceasefire violated after less than 24 hours
South Sudan’s army and rebels have accused each other of breaching a ceasefire, only hours after it was meant to come into effect. The army...
South Sudan rivals Salva Kiir and Riek Machar sign ceasefire deal
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar have signed a peace deal after a five-month conflict. The deal calls for an immediate...
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