RESIDENTS living along Port Elizabeth's salt pans are afraid to fall asleep at night because…
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Togo detains 3 protest leaders, 53 others after demos
Authorities in the West African nation of Togo have detained three protest leaders and 53 others over…
Mali Islamist leader rejects independence
KIDAL, Mali (Reuters) - The leader of the Ansar Dine Islamic group in northern Mali has…
Niger farmland threatened by locusts: official
Large swathes of farmland are threatened by locusts in Niger even as the drought-prone African nation is…
Air Zimbabwe to take delivery of its second Airbus aircraft
Air Zimbabwe will soon take delivery of its second Airbus A320 aircraft as the state-run…
“Illegal” hiring leaves Zimbabwe army hungry
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's army is suffering food shortages after recruiting thousands of new soldiers without…
Angola’s MPLA names Vicente as party No.2
LISBON (Reuters) - Angola's MPLA party named Manuel Vicente, the former head of state oil firm…
Four killed in attack on village in Ivory Coast
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Four people were killed in an attack on a village in western Ivory…
Sub-Saharan Africa’s giant cement factory opens
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday inaugurated one of sub-sahara Africa's biggest cement factories, with a capacity to…
Ivory Coast UN attack drives cocoa farmers off land
ABIDJAN, June 12 (Reuters) - An attack in western Ivory Coast that killed 18 people…