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Int’l financial crime watchdog adds South Africa, Nigeria to its ‘grey list’

International financial crime watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)...

Gunmen kill at least 12 civilians in central Mali village

Gunmen have killed at least 12 civilians in an attack...

Debt-laden African countries charged 'extortionate' rates, UN chief says

African countries are getting a raw deal from the international...

73 migrants presumed dead after shipwreck off Libya

At least 73 migrants were reported missing and presumed dead...

South Africa invokes disaster law to tackle energy crisis

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday declared a national...

Malawi cholera death toll crosses 1,300

The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Malawi has...

Children accused of witchcraft find solace in east Congo shelter

After Ornella lost several family members within three years, relatives...

Hope for jobs drives recruitment by militant groups in Africa: UNDP

Hope of employment more than religious belief is driving people...

Eco-friendly Nigerian artist turns plastic flip-flops into portraits

What started as an assignment in college in 2017, has...

South Sudan violence kills 27 on the eve of pope's visit

Twenty-seven people were killed in South Sudan's Central Equatoria state...

What is driving the violence in eastern Congo?

A focus of Pope Francis' visit to the Democratic Republic...

Tropical Storm Cheneso, ensuing rain kill 16 in Madagascar

Heavy rainfall that followed the landfall of Tropical Storm Cheneso...

Visits to Zambia by Yellen, IMF reflect concern over stalled debt talks

Two of the world's most powerful finance officials are visiting...

At least five killed in blast, attack near Mogadishu mayor's office

Islamist fighters set off a bomb then stormed a government...

Eritrean troops seen leaving Ethiopian town of Shire

Large numbers of Eritrean troops have left the town of...

Over 60 kidnapped women, children freed in Burkina Faso

Sixty-six women and children kidnapped by armed assailants in northern...

Road crash in Senegal kills 19, wounds 24

Nineteen people were killed and 24 wounded in a road...

Zimbabwe police arrest 25 opposition members ahead of presidential election

Zimbabwean police on Saturday fired teargas at an opposition party...

Violence soars in Mali in the year after Russians arrive

Alou Diallo says he was drinking tea with his family...

Tigray forces begin handing over heavy weapons to Ethiopian army

Tigray forces, who fought a two-year war against Ethiopia's federal...

Traffic in Suez Canal normal after ship breakdown dealt with

Shipping traffic in the Suez Canal was proceeding normally on...

Gunmen kidnap 32 people from southern Nigeria train station

Gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles have abducted more than 30...

South Sudan: Six journalists held over footage of president appearing to wet himself

Six journalists in South Sudan have been arrested over the...