At least 15 killed in sect attack in north Nigeria
Gunmen suspected to belong to a radical Islamist sect attacked a village in northeast Nigeria, tying up men, women and children before slitting their ...
C. African Republic neighbors to send help
Central African Republic's neighbors agreed on Friday to dispatch a contingent of soldiers to intervene in the troubled country, where a coalition of ...
Nigeria detains 2 journalists over abuse story
Nigerian security forces have detained two journalists from a Hausa-language newspaper for days without charges after their publication printed ...
Fireworks warehouse in Nigeria explodes, killing 1
A massive explosion ripped through a warehouse full of fireworks in Nigeria's largest city on Wednesday, sparking a fire that threatened surrounding ...
4 foreign sailors kidnapped off Nigeria coast
Gunmen attacked a supply tug boat off the coast of Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta, kidnapping foreign sailors, including Italians, in the latest ...
Dakar mosque lit up for Christmas in Senegal
After prayers at the mosque, Ibrahim Lo is off to do some last-minute Christmas shopping. Soon he is eyeing the rows of dolls wrapped in plastic bags ...
Army teams going to Africa as terror threat grows
A U.S. Army brigade will begin sending small teams into as many as 35 African nations early next year, part of an intensifying Pentagon effort to ...
Mali Islamists destroy Timbuktu mausoleums
A tourism official says that Islamist extremists destroyed four mausoleums in Timbuktu Sunday. The director of Mali's Timbuktu tourism office, Sane ...
4 SKoreans freed after being kidnapped in Nigeria
Four South Korean construction workers and a Nigerian colleague who were kidnapped in southern Nigeria have been freed. The five employees of Hyundai ...
2 bombers target mobile phone firms in Nigeria
Authorities blame a radical Islamist sect for twin suicide car bombings targeting two major mobile phone companies, an official said Saturday, ...
Nigeria railroad project connects 2 major cities
Nigeria has rebuilt and reopened railroad tracks connecting Lagos, its commercial heartbeat in the south, to Kano, its largest city in the north, in ...
Mali militants seek peace after UN backs force
The al-Qaida-linked group that controls much of northern Mali and other rebels agreed Friday to cease hostilities in the areas they control, a day ...
EU to re-launch aid to Guinea after vote date set
The European Union says it has agreed to re-launch €174.3 million in development funds to Guinea. The move comes after the West African nation finally ...
Attacks on Ivorian military kill 1 in Abidjan
Authorities in Ivory Coast say at least one person is dead after two simultaneous attacks on Ivorian security forces. Cherif Moussa, chief of ...
Liberian children pay tribute to Conn. victims
Twenty Liberian schoolchildren from a school sponsored by the Newtown Rotary Club in this West African nation on Friday gathered at the U.S.
Sierra Leone diamond strike ends after 2 killed
Officials say a deadly strike at a Sierra Leone diamond mine is now over. Two people were killed in the violence at the mine in Koidu in eastern ...
Malians express dismay at intervention timeframe
Malians living under the grip of al-Qaida-linked militants expressed dismay Friday that it could be nearly a year before a regional military ...
Burning pipeline fire sign of Nigeria's woes
The gasoline pipeline burns unstopped near a village close to Nigeria's sprawling megacity of Lagos, shooting flames into the air as leaking fuel ...
French leader: Al-Qaida link to Nigeria kidnapping
President Francois Hollande says a French engineer kidnapped in northern Nigeria was "without a doubt" seized by a group linked to al-Qaida's north ...
UN OKs military action to oust al-Qaida in Mali
The U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorized military action to wrest northern Mali from the control of al-Qaida-linked extremists but demanded ...
North Mali Islamist group adds new brigade
An Islamist group behind public executions and amputations in northern Mali is further expanding its reach, taking in a new brigade of members.
French engineer kidnapped in north Nigeria
More than 30 assailants stormed a house in northern Nigeria, killing two people and kidnapping a French engineer, in the latest abduction to hit the ...
French president wants new era with Algeria
French President Francois Hollande announced a new era with Algeria on Wednesday — a strategic partnership among equals — during a state visit to this ...
Worries grow in east Congo with fighter buildup
Aid workers warned Wednesday that armed groups are setting up new front lines in and around the city of Goma in eastern Congo, where the U.N. said it ...
Senegal gov't adopts law to try ex-Chad dictator
Senegal's national assembly adopted a much-anticipated law on Wednesday which creates a special tribunal to try ex-Chadian dictator Hissene Habre, the ...
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