Shots fired as Liberia police quell ArcelorMittal mine protest
MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberia's security forces fired shots in the air to break up a protest at an ArcelorMittal SA iron ore plant northeast...
Weeks of rainfall hampers access to cocoa grower Ivory Coast’s port
Road damage caused by weeks of heavy rainfall is hampering access to top cocoa grower Ivory Coast's port of San Pedro, threatening to cause...
Nigeria kills suspected Boko Haram fighters
Nigeria's military is claiming to have killed dozens of Boko Haram fighters while repelling an attack on a military base in the northeast of...
Zimbabwe resettled farmers prefer to partner with whites
Responding to President Robert Mugabe’s threats on Wednesday that white farmers should go, Commercial Farmers’ Union (CFU) president Charles Taffs said Zimbabwe was at...
Police accused Renamo of selling guns in Mozambique
The general commander of Mozambican police Jorge Khalau says some of the weapons illegally circulating in the country are allegedly provided by gunmen belonging...
Lesotho Coalition Partners Reject Agreement to Resolve Strife
Lesotho’s ruling coalition lurched toward another crisis after two out of the three governing parties rejected a proposal designed to resolve the tensions that...
WHO to create sub-regional Ebola control centre in Guinea
The World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to establish a Sub-Regional Control Center in Guinea to handle issues relating to the Ebola epidemic in...
Ebola problems highlighted in Sierra Leone
Many cases of Ebola in Sierra Leone may be going undetected, grassroots doctors warn as they highlighted the impoverished country's problems in combating the...
Liberia journalist held after criticising president
Monrovia - The editor of a Liberian newspaper critical of the government and family of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been arrested, a police...
Troops arrest three more female Boko Haram members
Nigerian troops have uncovered more suspected female members of the deadly Islamic Sect, Boko Haram, with three of them already taken into custody.The Defence...