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Suicide blasts at Nigeria military base kill 11
Twin suicide car bombs exploded Sunday at a church inside one of Nigeria's top military bases, killing at least 11 people and wounding another 30 in ...
Mauritanian president returns from France
Thousands of Mauritanians lined the road from the airport Saturday to welcome back President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who went to France for five ...
Pope elevates 6 cardinals to choose successor
Pope Benedict XVI responded to criticism that the club of churchmen who will choose his successor is too Eurocentric, elevating six new cardinals from ...
Ivory Coast exiles in Ghana campaign for Gbagbo
Moussa Toure Zeguen, an aging militia leader and longtime backer of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, spends most of his time in exile ...
Former Ivory Coast leader's wife wanted by ICC
The International Criminal Court unsealed an indictment Thursday against former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo's wife on charges including ...
Nigerian tops Forbes' list of Africa's richest
Forbes magazine says Aliko Dangote, a Nigerian tycoon who built his empire on commodities like flour, sugar and cement, is Africa's richest man.
Ivory Coast: New prime minister named
President Alassane Ouattara has tapped Foreign Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan to serve as prime minister in a new government one week after the ...
French citizen kidnapped in southwest Mali
A French citizen has been kidnapped in southwest Mali, far from the northern zone controlled by al-Qaida-linked militants that African countries are ...
Mali: Tuareg rebels lose their last base in north
Islamist extremist rebels say they have pushed secular Tuareg fighters from Menaka, their last base in northern Mali. Oumar Ould Hamaha, spokesman of ...
Nigerian president's brother dies
The Nigerian presidency says President Goodluck Jonathan's younger brother has died. Spokesman Reuben Abati said in a statement that Meni Innocent ...
Nigeria owes state oil firm $8.1B in gas subsidies
An official says the Nigerian government owes its state-run oil firm more than $8.1 billion in gasoline subsidy payments. The Nigerian National ...
Twin road accidents kill 25 in north Nigeria
An official says two road accidents that took place an hour apart have claimed 25 lives on a northern Nigerian road. Zamfara state spokesman Nuhu Anka ...
EU endorses Syrian opposition
The newly formed Syrian opposition coalition received backing from the European Union on Monday in a significant vote of confidence for a movement ...
Sierra Leone: Governing party confident of win
Sierra Leone's governing party said Monday it was confident that incumbent President Ernest Bai Koroma would win the weekend election without the need ...
Total sells Nigeria offshore oil stake for $2.5B
French oil company Total SA said Monday it had sold its stake in an offshore oil field near Nigeria for $2.5 billion to the Chinese state-run firm ...
Mali: Fighting resumes in north between rebels
Rebel spokesmen confirm that fighting has resumed in northern Mali between Islamist extremists and Tuareg secular rebels. Oumar Ould Hamaha, spokesman ...
Report: Ivorian military illegally arrested 100s
The victims were rounded up at their homes, at work or while out having drinks. Taken without explanation to military camps overflowing with ...
4 killed in religious riots in central Nigeria
A Christian vigilante group killed a Muslim resident who insisted on going through their illegal checkpoint, triggering riots that have left at least ...
Sierra Leone votes peacefully, seeks development
Sierra Leoneans chose Saturday between keeping an incumbent president who has expanded health care and paved roads or electing an opposition candidate ...
Cameroon police detain 4 activists
Greenpeace International says security officers detained four environmental activists opposed to the establishment of an oil palm plantation in ...
Friends: Texas day care owner cared about children
Friends and family of a Texas woman convicted of murder after a fire at her home day care killed four children who had been left alone testified ...
Sierra Leone: Election key to moving beyond war
It was 9 a.m. on May 25, 1998. Borboh Jeff Kamara, 14, was walking to school with classmates when rebels grabbed him, held him down and cut off his ...
Mali: Islamist attack secular rebels in north
Fighters from one of the al-Qaida-linked rebel groups controlling northern Mali on Friday attacked a position held by a secular rebel group, in the ...
Shell reopens damaged pipeline in Nigeria
Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has reopened a pipeline in the oil-rich southern delta and has lifted a month-old production warning on its supplies to ...
Son of ex-Senegalese president questioned
The son of the ex-president of Senegal was questioned by police for over 10 hours on accusations that he stole millions in state funds during his ...