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Nigeria hit by deadly suicide bombings

Suicide bombers killed at least 18 people in three dawn attacks including in a mosque in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Damaturu, officials and...

Facebook satellite to bring internet to remote parts of Africa

Facebook is planning to launch a satellite to provide internet access to remote parts of Africa, the social network’s founder has said. Mark Zuckerberg announced...

Burkina Faso army fires at coup plotter barracks

Burkina Faso’s army has fired at the barracks of the presidential guard that carried out a short-lived coup this month and is now refusing...

Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister released after military coup

Burkina Faso’s military says the interim prime minister has been released by the presidential guard that seized power in a coup last week. The release...

Three explosions rock city in Nigeria’s Borno state

Extremists detonated three explosive devices in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, in Nigeria’s north-east. Details on casualties were not readily available, said military spokesman...

1.4 million children on the run from Boko Haram, says Unicef

Attacks by armed extremist group Boko Haram have forced 500,000 children to flee their homes in the last five months, according to Unicef. The UN...

Egyptian prime minister Ibrahim Mehleb hands in resignation

Egypt’s prime minister Ibrahim Mehleb and his Cabinet have resigned after coming under fire for a series of controversial statements and a corruption investigation...

Uma Thurman helped to rescue an endangered rhinoceros in Africa

The 45-year-old actress joined a team including experts from Wilderness Safaris as they brought the white rhinoceros and her calf to safety from South...

Businessman arrested in Sierra Leone ‘blood diamond’ case

Authorities have arrested a businessman who is accused of enslavement and pillaging “blood diamonds” during Sierra Leone’s civil war. Civitas Maxima, a Geneva-based organisation that...

Moroccan man suffocates while being smuggled to Spain inside suitcase

A Moroccan man has died from suffocation while being smuggled into Spain by his brother inside a suitcase that was in the boot of...

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