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Burkina Faso grants $33m loan for programmes on Sahel

Burkina Faso has obtained a loan of 33 million US dollars to fund presidential and emergency programmes on the Sahel region, the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Development said. It said the financing agreement between the West African country and...

Landslide kills 30 in Chad goldmine

A landslide at an illegal gold mine in Chad has...

Eight infants dead in Algeria hospital fire

Eight infants died in a fire in a hospital in...

School collapses in Kenya, killing seven children

A school collapsed in Kenya's capital on Monday morning, and...

Rare protests in Egypt after online call for dissent

Hundreds protested in central Cairo and several other Egyptian cities...

Zimbabwe doctor is found alive after alleged abduction

A Zimbabwean doctor whose alleged abduction led to days of...

Fire at Liberia Islamic school kills 27 children

A fire at an Islamic school in Liberia has killed...

Dozens feared dead in DR Congo boat accident

At least 34 people are feared drowned after a boat...

Voting begins in Tunisian presidential poll

Tunisians began casting votes in an unpredictable presidential election on...

3.9m in Mali need humanitarian aid: UN

A surge in inter-communal violence is worsening humanitarian conditions in...

Up to 50 dead in Congo train derailment

Up to 50 people were killed when a cargo train...

Nigeria to evacuate citizens from S Africa after xenophobic attacks

Nigeria will evacuate hundreds of its citizens from South Africa...

Mugabe's family pushes back against government burial plan

The family of Zimbabwe founder Robert Mugabe is pushing back...

Zimbabwe's Mugabe: From liberator to oppressor

Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe was feted as an African liberation hero...

Zimbabwe's former president Mugabe dies

Robert Mugabe, the guerrilla leader who led Zimbabwe to independence...

Youngest son of Mohamed Morsi dies

The youngest son of Egypt’s former president, Mohamed M0rsi, died...

Bomb explodes under bus in Mali, killing 14

A makeshift bomb exploded under a passenger bus traveling in...

UN chief visits Congo Ebola region, pledges solidarity

The United Nations secretary general visited Congo’s eastern city of...

62 dead in Sudan floods

Torrential rain and floods have killed 62 people in Sudan,...

Violence forces 1.9m children out of school in Africa: UN

More than 1.9 million children across a swath of eight...

Militants kill 10 Burkina Faso soldiers

Unidentified militants killed at least 10 soldiers and wounded many...

20 al-Shabab militants killed in Somalia

Somali special forces (Danab) killed 20 al-Shabab militants in counter-offensive...

Fuel truck explosion leaves 10 dead in Uganda

At least 10 people were killed when a fuel truck...

Car bomb kills three UN staff in Libya

A bomb-laden vehicle exploded Saturday outside a shopping mall in...

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