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Nelson Mandela health status: Churches across South Africa holding prayers for Madiba’s recovery
Churches across South Africa are holding prayers for former President Nelson Mandela, who has been in hospital for four days being treated for pneumonia. Several...
Mauritius floods kill at least 11 people in capital Port Louis
Mauritius officials have said that at least 11 people have died after sudden rains caused flooding in capital Port Louis on Saturday. At least eight...
Kruger Park helicopter crash kills five members of South African military
Five members of the South African military have been killed in a helicopter crash at the Kruger National Park, officials said. The helicopter was patrolling...
Uhuru Kenyatta election victory upheld by Kenya’s Supreme Court
Uhuru Kenyatta has fairly won the country’s presidential election, Kenya's Supreme Court has ruled today rejecting several petitions challenging the vote. Chief Justice Willy Mutunga...
Tanzania building collapse kills at least 17 people in Dar es Salaam
According to Tanzanian officials, at least 17 people have been killed after a multi-storey building collapsed in the centre of Dar es Salaam on...
Dar es Salaam building collapse kills at least three people and traps dozens in Tanzania
At least three people have been killed and dozens more are trapped in the centre of the main Tanzanian city, Dar es Salaam, after...
Nelson Mandela re-admitted to hospital with recurrence of lung infection
Nelson Mandela has been re-admitted to hospital in South Africa with a recurrence of a lung infection. A statement from the South African presidency said...
Rupiah Banda, Zambia ex president, arrested over Nigerian oil deal
Rupiah Banda, Zambia ex president, has been arrested in connection with a Nigerian oil deal, officials say. Rupiah Banda is accused of stealing more than...
CAR President Francois Bozize flees Bangui and rebels take control of capital
Rebels in the Central African Republic have taken the capital, Bangui, after President Francois Bozize fled. Witnesses reported gunfire as the Seleka rebel coalition took...
Abdelhamid Abou Zeid’s death in Mali fight confirmed by France’s presidency
France has confirmed today that Islamist commander Abdelhamid Abou Zeid has been killed in fighting in Mali. Abdelhamid Abou Zeid was a senior figure in...
Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam: Muammar Gaddafi cousin arrested in Egypt
Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam, a close aide and cousin of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been arrested in Egypt. Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam was Tripoli's special...
Journalist Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim freed by Somali Supreme Court
The Supreme Court in Somalia has freed journalist Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim, who was imprisoned for interviewing a woman who alleged she had been raped...
Raila Odinga files Supreme Court appeal against Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory in Kenyan election
Kenya’s PM Raila Odinga has filed a Supreme Court appeal against Uhuru Kenyatta's narrow victory in the recent presidential election's first round. Uhuru Kenyatta beat...
Zimbabwe voting in new constitution referendum
Zimbabwe starts voting in key referendum on a new constitution, amid simmering political tensions. Both main parties - Zanu-PF and the MDC - are urging...
South Africa alarm over girls high HIV rate
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is raising the alarm as at least 28% of schoolgirls in South Africa are HIV positive compared with 4% of...
Nigeria hostages are feared dead following Ansaru’s online statement
According to Western governments, Nigerian Islamist militant group Ansaru's claims to have killed seven foreign hostages it seized last month are credible. The hostages -...
Uhuru Kenyatta wins Kenya presidential election after vote count
Kenyan Deputy PM Uhuru Kenyatta appears to have won the presidential election by the tightest of margins as the provisional results indicate. After all the...
Kenya presidential election results are doctored, claims Raila Odinga camp
The ballot count in Kenya's presidential elections has been rigged, says the running mate of Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who is trailing behind his...
Henke Pistorius says guns are needed because of high crime levels in South Africa
The family of Oscar Pistorius, who is charged with murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, has distanced itself from his father's comments that guns are...
Kenya votes in first election under new constitution
Kenya is voting in an election that observers describe as the most important in the country's history. It is the first time a vote has...
Robert Mugabe holds lavish 89th birthday party in Bindura
Thousands of people have attended a lavish party to celebrate Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe's 89th birthday in the mining town of Bindura. Robert Mugabe was...
Mokhtar Belmokhtar killed by Chadian soldiers in Mali
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a top Islamist militant, has been killed by Chadian soldiers in Mali, Chad's armed forces have announced. His death was announced on Chadian...
Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, top al-Qaeda leader, killed in northern Mali
Senior al-Qaeda militant Abdelhamid Abou Zeid has been killed in northern Mali, Chadian President Idriss Deby has announced. Idriss Deby said Chadian forces killed Abdelhamid...
Donkey meat sold as beef in South Africa
A study published by South Africa’s Stellenbosch University found that donkey, water buffalo and goat meat have been sold as burgers and sausages in...
French family kidnapped in Cameroon shown in YouTube video
A video published on YouTube appears to show seven members of a French family, including four children, abducted by Islamist group Boko Haram in Cameroon. The...
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