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UN appoints new head for Nairobi office

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced the appointment of Zainab Hawa Bangura of Sierra Leone as director-general of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON). "Bangura, a relentless advocate for conflict resolution and reconciliation, and human rights champion, was most...

Sudan sentences 27 from intelligence service to death

A Sudanese court sentenced 27 members of the national intelligence...

Algeria names new prime minister

Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday (local time) named a...

Truck bomb blast in Somalia claims 76 lives

At least 76 people, including many students, were reportedly killed...

Somalia car blast kills 13 injures dozens

An explosion at a busy checkpoint in Somalia's capital killed...

122 die in Burkina Faso attack

Burkina Faso insurgents killed 35 mostly female civilians on Tuesday...

French forces kill 33 militants in Mali

French forces have killed 33 militants in an operation in...

Militants kill 22 in Congo

Suspected Islamist militiamen killed at least 22 people overnight in...

Somali forces kill five al Shaabab fighters to end hotel siege

Somali security forces shot dead five Al Shabaab gunmen, who...

58 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania

Scores of migrants who swam through rough Atlantic Ocean waters...

Ceramics factory fire in Sudan kills 23

Twenty-three people were killed and more than 130 injured when...

At least 24 die in Tunisia bus crash

At least 24 Tunisians were killed on Sunday after a...

Burkina Faso church attack kills 14

At least 14 people have been killed after gunmen opened...

Namibia’s president Hage Geingob wins re-election

Namibia's president Hage Geingob has been re-elected for a second...

Libyan navy rescues over 200 migrants

The Libyan Coast Guard on Friday rescued more than 200...

Sudan cancels public order law on women

Sudan has repealed a restrictive public order law that controlled...

Sudan moves to dissolve former ruling party

Sudanese transitional authorities approved a law on Thursday to dissolve...

Thirteen French troops die in Mali helicopter crash

Thirteen French soldiers were killed in Mali when their helicopters...

At least 18 people killed in Congo plane crash

Rescue workers pulled 18 bodies from the rubble after a...

Plane crashes in eastern Congo with 17 aboard

A passenger plane with about 17 passengers on board crashed...

Kenya landslide bury villagers

At least 24 people are reported to have died in...

Two dead, nine missing as fishing boat sinks off Morocco

A boat capsized off the coast of Morocco’s port of...

An appeal for Sudan's future

On December 19, 2018, peaceful protests erupted spontaneously in cities...

24 soldiers die in militant attack in Mali

Twenty-four soldiers have been killed in an attack by militants...

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