At least 40 people have died and over 60 have been injured in an oil tanker explosion in Benue state, central Nigeria, according to report on BBC Africa.Eyewitnesses said that on Monday afternoon an oil tanker overturned while trying...
While Libya’s oil lies at the heart of three months of fighting over Tripoli and years of power struggles before that, water is becoming a far bigger concern for its people.Interruptions to water supplies are common after eight years...
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, who was taken ill last week, left hospital on Monday in “normal health” and will resume work in the coming days, the president’s son said on his Facebook page.The presidency later published a picture...
Sudanese protest leaders called for a one-day nationwide "civil disobedience" campaign on July 14, in an announcement on Monday a day after they organised mass protests against the ruling generals that rocked the country.The move, which aims to increase...
Rwandan man has been sentenced to eight years in prison in the US for immigration fraud and perjury after hiding the fact that he was involved in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.Jean Leonard Teganya, 47, "was convicted and sentenced...
At least 23 people have died in violence in central Mali, a local official and security sources are quoted as saying.Three villages were attacked by armed men on Sunday, Cheick Harouna Sankare the mayor of a nearby town told...
The authorities in Nigeria's commercial hub, Lagos, say 15 corpses have so far been recovered from the scene of a boat accident that happened on Saturday.The passenger boat with 21 people on board had been travelling from Ajah on...
Huge crowds marched on Sudan’s defense ministry on Sunday demanding the ruling military hand over power to civilians, and the authorities said at least seven people were killed and scores injured in protests nationwide.In the biggest demonstrations since a...
Eastern Libyan forces loyal commander Khalifa Haftar said they destroyed a Turkish drone parked at Tripoli’s only working airport on Sunday and declared a “general mobilization” as tensions between Ankara and the eastern administration mounted.Haftar’s forces said they hit...
