At least six people have been killed and 35 wounded in clashes in northern Burundi…
Africa
Malawi arrests over ‘anti-Joyce Banda coup plot’
At least 10 people in Malawi, including current and former government ministers, have been arrested…
Chad claims to have killed Aqim’s Mokhtar Belmokhtar
Chadian officials claim their troops have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the Al Qaida in the Islamic…
South Africa shock as ‘police dragging’ video man dies
South Africa's police watchdog is investigating the death of a Mozambican taxi driver who was…
Israeli Ethiopian birth control to be examined
Israel's health ministry is to investigate why contraceptive injections were widely given to Ethiopian immigrant…
Sudan sends more troops to volatile border state
(Reuters) - Sudan is sending reinforcements toBlue Nilestate to fight rebels near the border to…
Al Qaeda commander Abu Zeid killed in Mali: Ennahar TV
Reuters) - French forces in Mali have killed Abdelhamid Abu Zeid, a leading field commander…
At least nine die in plane crash in Congolese town of Goma
(Reuters) - At least nine people were killed on Monday when a twin-propeller plane crashed…
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe holds lavish 89th birthday party
Thousands of people have attended a lavish party to celebrate Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's 89th…
Protester shot dead, Guinea election talks falter
CONAKRY, March 4 (Reuters) - At least one person was killed and six others wounded…