Zimbabwean police have arrested the owner of boat which capsized on Christmas Day, killing 11…
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Four killed in machete attack in Nigeria’s Plateau state
JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - A family of four people was killed in a machete attack in…
Times names Tunisian fruitseller ‘person of 2011’
The Times newspaper in London on Wednesday named Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian fruit seller who unwittingly started a…
Somali pirates hijack Italian cargo ship off Oman
Somali pirates have hijacked an Italian cargo ship with 18 crew off the coast of…
Hundreds march to demand army return to Senegal region
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South Africa: 19 killed in head-on crash
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Four dead in southern Ivory Coast clashes
Four people were killed and 15 were injured in inter-ethnic clashes on Monday near the Ivory…
Worshippers shot dead in South Sudan
Juba - South Sudanese soldiers accidentally shot dead four Christmas Eve worshippers and wounded 15,…
Sudan army kills Darfur rebel leader
A key rebel movement from Sudan's Darfur region vowed to press on with its agenda for national reform…
Zimbabwe boat tragedy claims 11 lives
Eleven people including five children drowned after their boat capsized in a lake near the Zimbabwe…