Protests hit Egypt on ouster of Morsi anniversary
Nearly 200 people have been arrested in Egypt in a crackdown after a series of demonstrations and small bombings marked the anniversary of the...
Kawusu Konte Mocks Sierra Leone President’s Call On Ebola Fight
Even as His Excellency the President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma was making a passionate appeal for unity in the fight against Ebola, one of...
Doctor from Ugandan dies of Ebola in Liberia
A Ugandan senior surgeon has succumbed to the Ebola virus in Liberia where he had been working for three years as a health specialist.Dr....
Ivory Coast opposition claims ‘up to 1,000’ supporters in jail
Abidjan (AFP) - Up to 1,000 supporters of Ivorian ex-president Laurent Gbagbo are in prison where several are subjected to torture, the head of...
Strike by Nigerian public sector doctors, patients abandoned in hospitals
Three days into the ongoing strike by Nigerian public sector doctors, patients abandoned in hospitals nationwide, yesterday, cried out that they were dying slowly,...
UK should do more in Nigeria schoolgirl hunt
The UK should do more to help the government in Nigeria find and release more than 200 abducted school girls, former Prime Minister Gordon...
Transport workers in Cameroon threatened to strike
Yaounde - Transport workers in Cameroon threatened on Wednesday to strike next week over a government decision to cut some fuel subsidies, raising the...
Army and UN Failed to Stop Massacre in DR Congo
Congolese forces and United Nations peacekeepers failed to intervene to stop a nearby attack that killed at least 30 civilians. The attack was in...
Probe starts into Nairobi cargo plane crash
NAIROBI, Kenya – Investigations have commenced into the cargo plane crash that left four crew members dead in Nairobi on Wednesday.General Service Unit and...
Somali MP assassinated, al Shabaab claim responsibility
Mogadishu - Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked al Shabaab claimed responsibility for shooting dead a lawmaker and wounding another on Thursday, the latest in a surge of...