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The self-styled Libyan National Army (pictured here in 2017) is fighting an insurgency against the UN-backed Government of National Accord.

Libya: Rebel forces 'seize strategic city Sirte'

Tuesday, January 07, 2020

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Al-Shabab attacks military base in Kenya

Sunday, January 05, 2020

Libya has been torn by violence since long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi was deposed and killed in 2011.

Turkish MPs approve bill to send troops to Libya

Thursday, January 02, 2020

Many were severely injured in the blast. / Reuters

Rush-hour vehicle bomb kills dozens in Mogadishu

Sunday, December 29, 2019

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated Turkey's willingness to send troops to support the GNA if UN-recognised government requests it.

Erdogan announces plan to send troops to Libya

Thursday, December 26, 2019

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Sudan launches Darfur crimes investigation

Monday, December 23, 2019

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West Africa takes a step away from colonial-era currency

Sunday, December 22, 2019

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Somalis fight locust invasion by eating them

Saturday, December 21, 2019

More than half of the world's cobalt is produced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

DR Congo to 'relocate families from cobalt-rich area'

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

A former armed forces chief, Bozize seized power in CAR, one of the world's poorest and most unstable countries, in March 2003.

Ex-CAR President François Bozize 'returns home' from exile

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Keita: 'Let us unite, let us join hands to plug the holes of a broken vessel'.

Mali: President Keita holds crisis talks amid unrest in the north

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Muhammadu Buhari.

Nigeria: Buhari promises Africans visas on arrival

Friday, December 13, 2019

An ambulance carrying an injured person from the attack on SYL hotel arrives to the Shaafi hospital in Mogadishu.

Al-Shabab gunmen attack Mogadishu hotel

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Ali Mufuruki who died in South Africa on December 7, 2019.

Tanzanian Industrialist Ali Mufuruki dies in South Africa

Sunday, December 08, 2019

West Africa is struggling to generate enough jobs for its mushrooming young population, forcing many to take the perilous journey to Europe.

Dozens dead as migrant boat sinks off Mauritania coast: UN

Thursday, December 05, 2019

Namibian President Hage Geingob.

Namibia's President Hage Geingob wins re-election

Sunday, December 01, 2019

The plane, operated by local company Busy Bee, crashed soon after take-off on Sunday morning. / AFP

DR Congo: Many dead as plane crashes into homes

Sunday, November 24, 2019

The landslides were sparked by heavy rain. / Internet photo

Kenya: Deadly landslides bury villagers

Sunday, November 24, 2019

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Ethiopia's ruling coalition parties agree to merge

Friday, November 22, 2019

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Mali army loses 24 soldiers in Niger border attack

Tuesday, November 19, 2019