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Candidates rush back to capital as Nigeria delays presidential election

Nigerians awoke on Saturday to find that the country’s presidential election had been delayed until February 23 because of what the electoral commission called...

Dozens of Zimbabwean miners missing underground after flooding

Dozens of Zimbabwean workers are missing after torrential rain flooded mines while they were underground. State broadcaster ZBC said that 38 miners were trapped while...

Dozens of migrants feared dead after boat capsizes off Libya

Up to 117 migrants might have died when a rubber dinghy capsized in the Mediterranean off Libya, survivors said. Flavio Di Giacomo, of the International...

Zimbabwe shuts down internet again amid unrest

Zimbabwe’s government has again forced a “total internet shutdown” after a violent crackdown on people protesting against fuel price increases, a media group has...

Kenya vows to track down those behind attack on hotel as death toll climbs to 21

The death toll from an extremist attack on a luxury hotel and shopping complex in Nairobi has climbed to 21, plus the five militants...

Zimbabwe anti-government protest over fuel prices continues

Streets are deserted in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare as a general strike continues for a third day in protest over the government’s decision to more...

British man and American woman feared dead after militant attack on Nairobi hotel

A British man and American woman are feared to have been among 15 people killed in a militant attack on a luxury hotel in...

Ivory Coast’s former president acquitted at International Criminal Court

Judges at the International Criminal Court have acquitted former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo of crimes committed following disputed elections in 2010. The court in...

Swedish hospital isolates patient in Ebola alert

A suspected case of the deadly Ebola virus has been reported by a Swedish hospital, officials said, adding the patient has been isolated. Region Uppsala,...

Terror charges brought over deaths of tourists in Morocco

Moroccan prosecutors have filed preliminary terrorism charges against 15 people who are suspected of links to the killing of two Scandinavian women in the...

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