‘Ghost workers’: Kenya biometric register launched
Kenya has started biometrically registering all civil servants in an attempt to remove "ghost workers" from the government's payroll.Employees who failed to register over...
U.S. military personnel rescued at sea after helicopter crash near Djibouti
No one was seriously injured when a U.S. Marine helicopter crashed into the Arabian Sea Monday following training exercises in Djibouti, the U.S. Navy...
Mugabe back from begging trip in China with no cash
Harare - Robert Mugabe jets into Harare today from a begging trip in China only holding a bag of secretive agreements and signatures but...
Malema ‘banned’ from visiting Botswana
Cape Town - Julius Malema’s chances of visiting Botswana are looking slim after it emerged that the parliamentarian is essentially “banned” from visiting the...
Military coup under way in Lesotho
Military units in Lesotho have surrounded government and police buildings and gunfire has been heard in the small mountainous southern African kingdom.Speaking to Al...
Sudan Ministry denies Ebola case in West Darfur
EL GENEINA - The Minister of Health Affairs for the Darfur Regional Authority, Firdos Abdel Rahman Yousif, has denied reports of the deadly Ebola...
Libya Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni resigns
Abdullah al-Thinni has stepped down as Libya's prime minister in a move to end the power struggle in the country.The cabinet said it was...
Egypt Brotherhood chief Badie sees death sentence cut
A death sentence against the head of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has been commuted to life in prison.However, Mohamed Badie, the Brotherhood's Supreme Guide, still...
Sierra Leone dismisses health minister over handling of Ebola
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma dismissed his Health Minister Miatta Kargbo on Friday over her handling of the Ebola epidemic...
Liberian Ebola Survivor Praises Experimental Drug
A Liberian health worker who recovered from Ebola after receiving an experimental drug urged the manufacturer to speed up its production and send it...