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Boko Haram believed responsible for suicide bombing in Cameroon

A suicide bombing in Cameroon blamed on Boko Haram extremists has killed at least 10 people. The attack on a popular night spot evening in...

Two policemen killed as Burundi votes for President

Two police officers were killed ahead of voting in a contentious presidential election in Burundi in which incumbent Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third...

Rhinos to wear tracking collars to catch poachers

Rhinos wearing satellite tracking collars with spy cameras implanted into their horns could help turn the tables on poachers, experts believe. The British-designed system incorporates...

Five killed in Islamist march in Cairo

Clashes and an exchange of gunfire between security forces and Islamist protesters have killed at least five people in the Egyptian capital, security officers...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu being treated for ‘stubborn infection’

A South African foundation says retired archbishop Desmond Tutu is receiving an intensive course of anti-biotics to treat a “stubborn infection”. The Desmond & Leah...

Liberia confirms second Ebola death as disease resurfaces

Liberia’s deputy health minister says that a second person has died from Ebola in the latest resurgence of the deadly disease. Tolbert Nyenswah said the...

14 killed in militant attack in Kenya

At least 14 people have been killed in an attack by al Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants in the north of Kenya, an official said. Mandera County...

44 killed in Nigeria bomb blast

Forty-four people were killed when two bombs exploded at a crowded mosque and an elite Muslim restaurant in the central Nigerian city of Jos,...

Fugitive warlord Joseph Kony ‘ill’

The fugitive leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army is sick and in retreat from an international manhunt, defectors claim. The defectors reported that Joseph Kony...

Pair of female suicide bombers kill 13 in Nigeria

Two female suicide bombers have killed 13 people at a crowded market and a military checkpoint in north-eastern Nigeria, according to witnesses. It is the...

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