Sudan on Wednesday opened what it billed as Africa's largestsugar refinery, hoping to boost exports after…
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DR Congo, UN troops reinforce Goma from rebel attack
UN and Democratic Republic of Congo troops are reinforcing a key city in the east of the…
Live ammo used in Sudan demo clampdown: opposition
Sudanese security forces are using live ammunition and increasingly aggressive tactics against unprecedented anti-government demonstrations sparked by inflation, a…
Bin Laden’s ex-cook freed from Guantanamo: Sudan
The former cook of slain Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Ladenreturned to his native Sudan early Wednesday, the foreign ministry said,…
Zuma urged to ‘send army’ into Cape Town
A South African provincial leader has asked President Jacob Zumato send soldiers into gang-infested areas in Cape Town to fight…
Congo warlord jailed for 14 years in landmark case
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Delivering its first sentence, the International Criminal Court jailed Congolese warlord Thomas…
Somali forces say detained 500 with Islamist links
Somali security forces said Saturday they had detained over 500 people in a two-day operation in…
Chad bans national carrier over safety concerns
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadian authorities have suspended international flights operated by the central African nation's…
Mali: ‘Islamists plant mines around Gao’
Islamist fighters in northern Mali have planted anti-personnel mines around the town of Gao which…
Explosion hits shopping centre in Nigerian capital
An explosion went off on Tuesday at a shopping centre in the Nigerian capital Abuja, where an unexploded bomb was…