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US official killed after radical Islamist stormed the US consulate in Libyan city of Benghazi
A US state department official was killed and at least one other American was wounded when a gunmen stormed the US consulate in the...
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini wants a palace for his sixth wife Queen Zola Mafu
South Africa's Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini wants the government to spend $700,000 on a palace for his sixth wife, officials say. Queen Zola Mafu, who...
Abdullah al-Senussi, Libya’s ex-spy chief, extradited from Mauritania
Mauritania has handed Muammar Gaddafi's former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi over to the Libyan authorities, state media say. Libya wants to try Abdullah al-Senussi for...
Morocco: at least 42 people died in a bus crash near Zerkten town
At least 42 people died and more than 20 others have been injured when a bus plunged into a ravine in southern Morocco, officials...
Meles Zenawi mausoleum to be built in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has decided to build a mausoleum to commemorate the life of former leader Meles Zenawi, who was buried on Sunday. Acting Prime Minister Hailemariam...
South Africa drops murder charges against 270 miners at Lonmin Marikana platinum mine
South African prosecutors have decided to provisionally drop murder charges against 270 miners at Lonmin Marikana platinum mine whose colleagues were shot dead by...
Meles Zenawi funeral: thousands of Ethiopians attend long-serving PM burial
Thousands of Ethiopians are attending the state funeral in Addis Ababa of country's long-serving Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died last month. Meles Zenawi's flag-draped...
Lonmin Marikana workers face murder charges
Miners arrested at Lonmin Marikana mine in South Africa will be charged later with the murder of 34 colleagues shot by police, an official...
Lonmin Marikana platinum mine closed by intimidation
Miners are being intimidated into staying away from work at the South African Lonmin platinum mine where 34 people were recently shot dead by...
Togo women in sex strike to force President Faure Gnassingbe’s resignation
Women in Togo have been urged to abstain from sex for a week from Monday to push their demand for reform and President Faure...
Jacob Zuma reveals Lonmin Marikana platinum mine inquiry details
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has given details of the commission that will investigate the circumstances around the deaths of 44 people at Lonmin...
Kenya: at least 48 people killed in ethnic clashes between Orma and Pokomo groups in Coast Province
At least 48 people have been killed in ethnic clashes in Coast Province, south-eastern Kenya, police say. The clashes in Tana River district, Coast Province,...
Maasai Mara plane crash kills two German tourists and two Kenyan pilots
Two German tourists and two Kenyan pilots have been killed in a plane crash in Maasai Mara national park, Kenyan police said. The aircraft was...
Lonmin drops threat to fire miners who failed to return to work
Mining giant Lonmin has dropped its threat to fire miners who failed to return to work at a South African mine after deadly clashes...
Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia’s prime minister, dies aged 57
Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia’s prime minister, has died at the age of 57, state media say, after weeks of illness. Meles Zenawi died in a hospital...
Lonmin Marikana platinum mine reopens but fewer than a third of staff turns up
Workers have trickled back to Lonmin platinum mine in South Africa where police shot dead 34 striking workers last Thursday, but not in enough...
Jacob Zuma announces inquiry into Lonmin Marikana platinum mine killings
South African President Jacob Zuma has announced an inquiry into violence at Lonmin Marikana platinum mine, calling the deaths there "tragic". Thirty-four people were killed...
Lonmin Marikana platinum mine clashes kill at least 30 people
At least 30 people have been killed after South African police clashed with striking miners at Lonmin Marikana mine on Thursday, the police minister...
Police open fire at Lonmin Marikana platinum mine leaving at least 7 workers dead
Police in South Africa have opened fire during clashes with striking workers at Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, leaving at least seven people dead,...
Missing Ugandan helicopters wrecks found in Kenya
The wreckage of two Ugandan helicopters that went missing on Sunday has been found in a remote area of Kenya, a Kenyan army spokesman...
South Africa: 9 people killed in Lonmin platinum mine union riots
Nine people have been killed in clashes between rival unions at a South African mine owned by leading platinum producer Lonmin, police have said. The...
Twenty Boko Haram Islamist militants killed by Nigeria army in Maiduguri
Nigerian army has killed 20 suspected members of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram in the north-east of the country. One government soldier also died...
Ebola confirmed in Uganda’s capital Kampala
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has called on people to avoid physical contact, after the deadly Ebola virus spread to the capital, Kampala. Fourteen people have...
Ethiopia: more than 20,000 people flee to Kenya after Moyale clashes
Ethnic clashes in Moyale area, southern Ethiopia, are reported to have left at least 18 people dead and 12 others injured. More than 20,000 people...
Ebola outbreak kills 13 in Uganda
A deadly outbreak of Ebola virus has killed at least 13 people and infected a further seven in Uganda. The health ministry says emergency measures...
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