Electricity lines that carry no current are strewn across the village of Mparo in eastern Cameroon,…
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South Sudan forces heading to flashpoint city
South Sudan government forces were moving into the flashpoint town of Pibor on Sunday to tackle escalating tribal…
Guinea Bissau says coup-plotter executed
Guinea-Bissau's government has said that its security forces executed a police officer earlier this week as he…
Flood alert as heavy rains continue in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's weather department is issuing a flood alert and says heavy rains are expected to…
Six dead in Sudan chopper crash, fire: army
All six crewmen aboard a Sudanese military helicopter were killed when it crash-landed and burned in North Kordofan state…
Gunman kills two foreign aid workers in Mogadishu attack
A gunman killed two foreign aid workers after opening fire at aDoctors Without Borders compound in Mogadishu on…
15 hurt in attack on Nigeria hotel
Kano - Gunmen threw explosives at a hotel and open-air bar in northeastern Nigeria, wounding…
South Sudan says 17 killed in Sudanese air raids
Sudanese air raids killed 17 people in the South Sudan border state of Western Bahr…
Explosion ‘hits Zimbabwe ruling party office’
An explosion hit the provincial office of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF in the central city of Gweru, causing only material damage,…
Islamic school attack in Nigeria’s south wounds 7
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Attackers threw homemade explosives inside an Islamic school in a predominantly Christian city where…