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Children abducted in Nigeria's Niger state released, says governor

Gunmen in Nigeria on Saturday released 42 people, including 27 students, who were kidnapped from a boarding school last week in the north-central state of Niger, the state’s governor said. Their release comes just a day after a separate raid...

Scores of female students abducted in Nigeria

Scores of students were abducted by gunmen who stormed an...

Ghana first nation to receive COVAX vaccines

Ghana has become the first country in the world to...

Italy's envoy to Congo killed in attack on UN convoy

Italy’s ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo, his bodyguard and...

Nigerian air force passenger plane crash kills seven

A small Nigerian air force passenger plane crashed just outside...

Africa's Covid deaths near 100,000 after second wave

Africa’s total reported death toll from Covid-19 was approaching 100,000...

Uganda security personnel beat journalists covering rights abuse petition

Ugandan military and police officers beat and seriously injured journalists...

Gunmen kill student, abduct 27 in Nigeria school attack

Unidentified gunmen killed a student in an overnight attack on...

South Africa asks Serum Institute to take back 1.0m vaccine doses

South Africa has asked the Serum Institute of India to...

Guinea declares new Ebola outbreak

Guinea declared a new Ebola outbreak on Sunday when tests...

Africa's miners, winemakers toast China's row with Australia

For South African winemaker Vergenoegd Löw, the pandemic could have...

South Africa suspends use of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

South Africa has suspended plans to inoculate its front-line health...

Egypt frees Al Jazeera journalist after four years

Egyptian authorities on Saturday released a journalist working for Qatar’s...

Ugandan rebel commander found responsible for war crimes

A former Ugandan child soldier who became a commander of...

32 killed in Uganda road crash

Thirty-two people were killed and five others injured in a...

'3,000 Ugandan opposition supporters abducted by state agents'

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine and his party said on...

Nine killed in hotel attack in Somali capital

At least nine were killed after al Qaeda-linked Islamist insurgents...

Violence displaces over 200,000 in Central African Republic, UN says

More than 200,000 people have fled fighting in the Central...

Ugandan court orders freedom of opposition leader

A Ugandan court on Monday ordered the security forces to...

ICC has arrested African war crimes suspect Said

The International Criminal Court on Sunday said it had taken...

Pirates kidnap 15 sailors from Turkish container ship off Nigeria

Pirates off Nigeria’s coast kidnapped 15 sailors from a Turkish...

South African jazz 'giant' Jonas Gwangwa dies

South Africa jazz trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, whose music...

'Choose - I kill you or rape you': abuse accusations surge in Ethiopia's war

The young coffee seller said she was split from family...

Africa's COVID-19 death rate tops global rate

Africa's coronavirus case fatality rate stands at 2.5 per cent,...

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