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Its Kiswahili name means “safe” but Salama on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway is a blackspot that has claimed many lives and sparked superstitions. Most road accidents in the area, which is […]
Security forces in Gabon have arrested more than 1,000 people during a second day of violence following disputed presidential elections. Three people were killed in clashes in the capital, Libreville. […]
Areas of Syria’s Hama province captured by rebel fighters came under heavy air attack on Thursday as pro-government forces sought to counter a major rebel assault in an area of […]
An annular eclipse happens when the moon is farther away from the Earth than during a total eclipse. Stargazers in parts of Africa have been treated to a spectacular “ring […]
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has hailed the revolution in the rail sector engendered by the Muhammadu Buhari Administration through the Ministry of Transportation ably […]
Malawi’s ex-justice minister has been given a 13-year jail term for attempted murder a civil servant, in a crime believed to be linked to a multi-million dollar corruption ring. Raphael […]
One of the longest-serving and most prominent leaders of so-called Islamic State (IS), Abu al-Adnani, has been killed in Syria, IS-affiliated media say. In a statement distributed by the group’s supporters, […]
A South African minister has thrown his support behind protesting female students, who accuse their high school of operating a racist hair policy. Black pupils at the private Pretoria Girls […]
At least 60 people have been killed in a suicide car bombing at a military facility in the southern Yemen city of Aden, doctors say. A training camp, or compound […]
A video showing a restaurateur in a Paris suburb apparently refusing to serve two Muslim women has sparked anger in France and calls for protest. In the video, widely shared […]
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