German army convoy comes under fire in Mali
The incident occurred in the dark as German troops were returning from a UN peacekeeping mission. A Malian soldier was
Somalia denies auctioning Kenya’s oil, gas blocks
Somalia has denied allegations of auctioning off neighboring Kenya’s oil and gas blocks amidst a simmering diplomatic tiff between the
About 40 people remain trapped in Liberian gold mine
More than 60 miners, some armed, have been arrested at an illegal gold mine in north-eastern Liberia where around 40
Sudan lawmakers postpone meeting on extending Bashir term limits
A Sudanese parliamentary committee has postponed a meeting on amending the country’s constitution to allow President Omar al-Bashir to run
Ethiopia and Djibouti sign deal to build gas pipeline
Ethiopia and Djibouti have signed a deal to build a pipeline to transport Ethiopian gas to an export terminal in
South Africa seeks to reopen costly renewables deals to help Eskom
South Africa wants to talk to independent power producers (IPPs) about lowering the price Eskom pays for electricity from older
14 Tunisian workers kidnapped in Libya
Militiamen have kidnapped a group of Tunisian workers near the Libyan capital and are demanding the release of a comrade
Fifteen Egyptian troops killed or wounded in North Sinai
Fifteen Egyptian military personnel were killed or wounded in a clash on Saturday in North Sinai in which seven militants
Ethiopia’s Tefera breaks world indoor 1,500m record
Ethiopian teenager Samuel Tefera out dueled compatriot Yomif Kejelcha to break the world indoor 1,500 metres record in Birmingham on
NIGERIA DECIDES: INEC initially considered Sunday vote
Nigeria’s electoral commission revealed that it had planned to shift the general elections by only one or two days, but