50 Sudanese refugees killed in Libya shipwreck
At least 50 Sudanese refugees have died off the coast of eastern Libya after their boat caught fire, an International Organisation for Migration spokesperson said Wednesday...
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Zambia court sentences ex-FM to hard labour
A Zambian court on Thursday sentenced former foreign minister Joseph Malanji to four years in prison with hard labour for corruption.
1,000 killed as landslide flattens Sudan village
A massive landslide in Sudan鈥檚 western Darfur region has flattened an entire mountain village and killed more than 1,000 people,聽a rebel group said, calling for aid to recover the bodies.
Migrant boat capsizes off Mauritania, killing 69
A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, killing 69 people, officials said Friday.
Why are countries accepting deportees from the US
Several poor countries, mostly in Africa, have agreed to take deportees from the United States as part of president Donald Trump鈥檚 crackdown on undocumented migrants. What motivates them?
$346m US-Nigeria arms deal sets rights groups on edge
Rights groups are questioning a multimillion-dollar arms sale by the United States to Nigeria聽as security forces in the west African nation continue to be accused of killing civilians with impunity.
Uganda reaches agreement with US to take migrants
Uganda has agreed to receive migrants who do not qualify to remain in the United States, a foreign ministry official said Thursday, in Washington鈥檚 latest attempt to speed up deportations.
Nigerian bandits kill 50 in mosque attack, village raids
Gunmen killed at least 30 people in an attack on a mosque in northwestern Nigeria earlier this week, according to a resident and a lawmaker, with another 20 people killed in neighbouring villages...
Libya local vote begins amid security tensions
Hundreds of thousands of Libyans are voting Saturday in the second phase of municipal elections, held under tight security after incidents and irregularities forced delays at several stations...
40 killed in Sudan鈥檚 worst cholera outbreak in years
Cholera has claimed at least 40 lives in Sudan鈥檚 Darfur region over the last week as the country weathers its worst outbreak of the illness in years, Doctors Without Borders said on Thursday...
Nigerian military kills 100 鈥榖andits鈥� in northwest raid
The Nigerian military killed more than 100 members of a criminal gang in an air and ground raid over the weekend, according to a conflict monitoring report produced for the United Nations and seen by AFP on Monday.