Africa
Nigerian army strikes out at Boko Haram in northeast
17/05 11:14 CET
Nigerian forces have been attacking Islamist camps in the northeast in the biggest offensive since Boko Haram began its insurgency four years ago. Fighter jets and attack helicopters have been used. A military source said at least 30 rebels had been killed. Ground operations…
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Morocco - 17/05 01:04 CET
Casablanca bombings remembered in Morocco
Morocco’s 21st century day of terror is remembered every May 16. It…
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Mali - 16/05 19:00 CET
Mali's Traoré promises to spend donor euros well
At the end of a donor’s conference just held for Mali, its…
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Egypt - 16/05 08:17 CET
Egypt: Militants planned French and US embassy attacks, reports…
An Al Qaeda-linked militant cell has reportedly been planning suicide…
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Nigeria - 15/05 06:05 CET
Nigeria: State of emergency declared in northeastern states
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in…
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South Africa - 14/05 23:25 CET
South African platinum miners strike over killing
South African miners have gone on strike, stopping production at the…
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Rwanda - 14/05 20:58 CET
Rwanda building collapse
Reports from Rwanda say around a hundred people are trapped after a…
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Libya - 14/05 01:07 CET
Libya: The government has got to go, say protesters
After hearing news of a deadly car bombing at a hospital in Benghazi…
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Benghazi - 13/05 18:25 CET
Security concerns grow in Libya after deadly Benghazi attack
A car bomb has exploded outside a hospital in Libya’s eastern city…
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Benghazi - 13/05 16:45 CET
Car bomb explodes outside Benghazi hospital in Libya
A car bomb has exploded outside a hospital in Libya’s eastern city…
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South Africa - 13/05 16:23 CET
Anglo American shares hit by new job cuts plan
Shares in Anglo American Platinum have continued to drop dramatically…
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Libya - 12/05 19:03 CET
Libyan militia go home as BP pulls out employees from Tripoli
After a two-week siege, Libyan militia have left their stations outside…
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Libya - 12/05 09:15 CET
Former Libyan rebels lift siege of government ministries
Gunmen in Libya demanding the barring of Gaddafi-era officials from…
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Egypt - 12/05 00:16 CET
Mubarak back in court for retrial
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been back in court for a…
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Egypt - 11/05 12:45 CET
Former Egyptian president in court for retrial
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has once again appeared in court…
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Libya - 10/05 22:15 CET
Libya: police stations bombed in Benghazi
Bombs exploded outside two police stations in the eastern Libyan city of…
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Burkina Faso - 10/05 07:05 CET
Burkina Faso minister faints
Burkina Faso’s foreign minister has fainted during a joint press…
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Nigeria - 09/05 19:06 CET
Nigeria shaken by two bloody massacres
More 50 fifty people were killed in the north-eastern Nigerian town of…
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Nigeria - 09/05 15:04 CET
Nigeria : Militants killed 46 police officers in an ambush
According to local police, Nigerian militants have killed 46 police…
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Egypt - 07/05 00:46 CET
Egyptians celebrate spring holiday
After a year of political turmoil, Egyptians have been taking some time…
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Kenya - 06/05 18:05 CET
Kenyan court gives two Iranians life sentences for attack plots
Two Iranians have received life sentences in Kenya after being found…
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Somalia - 06/05 08:35 CET
Somalia receives super-jab
Abdul Wahab is just six months old so is unaware he has made history. He…
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Tanzania - 05/05 23:16 CET
One killed in attack on Catholic church in Tanzania
A suspected bomb attack on a new Catholic church in the mainly Christian…
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Somalia - 05/05 15:46 CET
Somali suicide bomber hits Qatari convoy
A suicide bomber killed at least 11 people when he rammed his car into a…
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Somalia - 05/05 09:54 CET
Somali bomb blast kills several officials
A massive car bomb has exploded in the Somali capital of Mogadishu…
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Somalia - 02/05 13:46 CET
Somalia famine ‘left more than a quarter of a million people…
More than a quarter of a million people died because of the severe famine…
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Mali - 02/05 08:06 CET
French Islamist convert captured in Mali
A French Islamist convert who had previously appeared on video…
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Chad - 02/05 03:35 CET
Coup attempt foiled in Chad
Security forces in Chad have announced they have foiled an attempted coup…
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Somalia - 01/05 08:22 CET
Danish and Filipino hostages freed after two year ordeal
Two Danes and four Filipinos who were held hostage in Somalia for more…
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Libya - 30/04 17:26 CET
Gunmen surround Justice Ministry in Libya
Gunmen have surrounded Libya’s justice ministry in the capital of…
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South Africa - 29/04 23:05 CET
South Africa's President Zuma visits recovering Nelson Mandela
South African President Jacob Zuma has paid a home visit to Nelson…
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South Africa - 29/04 20:26 CET
Nelson Mandela appears in video for the first time after August
It’s been more than three weeks since Mandela was released after a…
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Libya - 28/04 19:48 CET
Armed protest at foreign ministry targets new Libya…
Gunmen surrounded Libya’s foreign ministry in a protest against…
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Algeria - 28/04 10:53 CET
Algerian President Bouteflika in Paris hospital
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been transferred to a…
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Ethiopia - 27/04 18:05 CET
Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes maiden commercial flight
Boeing’s much-lauded Dreamliner flew into the skies and the history…
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Chad - 25/04 13:14 CET
‘At the end the Germans always win’
To score four goals against a top Spanish club in the last decade or two…
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South Africa - 24/04 18:06 CET
Desmond Tutu admitted to Cape Town hospital
South African Archbishop and peace campaigner Desmond Tutu is in a Cape…
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Libya - 23/04 22:35 CET
French foreign minister visits Libya after embassy bombing
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has flown to Libya to inspect the…
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Tripoli - 23/04 08:26 CET
'France will never give in' - foreign minister on embassy attack
Images have emerged of the explosion outside the French Embassy in the…
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Nigeria - 22/04 21:45 CET
Carnage in Nigeria as troops and Boko Haram clash
Close to 200 people have been killed in intense fighting between the…
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Cameroon - 19/04 11:49 CET
French hostage family released in Cameroon
A French family of seven has been released unharmed after a three-month…
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Egypt - 17/04 17:32 CET
Mubarak goes straight to prison
Ex Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak has been sent back to prison in…
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Egypt - 15/04 15:25 CET
Egypt's Mubarak cleared of murder to remain behind bars
Egypt’s Appeal Court has acquitted former President Hosni Mubarak…
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Somalia - 14/04 22:45 CET
Dozens dead as terror returns to Mogadishu
Two suicide attacks in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday have left…
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Somalia - 14/04 18:04 CET
Violence returns to Somalia as 19 are killed in Mogadishu
The Somali capital Mogadishu has been hit by its worst violence this year…
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Central African Republic - 14/04 10:45 CET
30,000 Central African Republic refugees believed to have…
Images have been released by the UNHCR showing the living conditions of…
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Cairo - 13/04 21:46 CET
Outside the Mubarak trial, Egypt's divisions are clear
Outside the Cairo court anger and despair was on show from the relatives…
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Egypt - 13/04 12:45 CET
Judge withdraws from Mubarak retrial
The presiding judge in the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni…
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Morocco - 13/04 11:14 CET
Five of the best for Ahansal
Mohamed Ahansal won the gruelling Marathon des Sables for a fifth time on…
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Egypt - 12/04 22:16 CET
Egyptians suffer cuts and queues as fuel crisis bites
The news from Egypt since 2011 has been dominated by politics, upheaval…
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Malawi - 12/04 19:19 CET
Malawi slams Madonna as "uncouth"
The government in Malawi has hit out at Madonna, branding the pop star an…
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Mauritania - 12/04 15:14 CET
Warning of refugee crisis in Mauritania
Medical charity Doctors without Borders is warning that thousands of…
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Republic of the Congo - 12/04 12:05 CET
M23 rebels will take on UN special force in DRC if attacked
The M23 rebel group in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of…
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South Africa - 12/04 08:37 CET
Give up luxury cars, Archbishop Tutu tells South Africa…
South Africa’s veteran Archbishop Desmond Tutu has called on…
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Mali - 12/04 08:24 CET
Mali PM visits north and vows July elections will go ahead
Mali’s prime minister has become the first senior government figure…
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South Sudan - 10/04 10:55 CET
Nine dead as UN convoy ambushed in South Sudan
Five peacekeepers and seven civilians working for the UN mission in South…
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Kenya - 09/04 15:36 CET
Kenyatta swears oath of office as Kenya's new president
Uhuru Kenyatta has been sworn in as Kenya’s fourth president…
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Egypt - 08/04 12:15 CET
Mursi condemns deadly Cairo violence against Coptic Christians
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has condemned the violence, which…
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Cairo - 08/04 04:07 CET
One dead and more than 80 wounded in Cairo sectarian conflict
Fresh sectarian violence in Cairo on Sunday, left one person dead and…
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Egypt - 07/04 04:07 CET
Violence erupts in Cairo on uprising anniversary
A march to mark the fifth anniversary of the uprising against former…
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Pretoria - 06/04 15:40 CET
Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital in South Africa
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from…
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Egypt - 06/04 10:27 CET
Euronews Correspondent attacked in Cairo
Euronews correspondent Mohammed Sheikhibrahim was attacked while…
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Mali - 06/04 00:55 CET
France presses on with Mali troops withdrawal plans
The French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius stated on a visit to the…
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Egypt - 05/04 22:36 CET
Ultra-conservative Salafists target Iranian diplomat in Cairo
A crowd of ultra-conservative Salafist demonstrators in Egypt have tried…
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South Africa - 05/04 19:50 CET
South African match-fixing scandal to be investigated
An independent judicial inquiry backed by football’s world…
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Cairo - 05/04 00:56 CET
Egypt homing in on 3.7 billion euro IMF loan
Egypt is closing to sealing a 3.7 billion euro loan from the…
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Uganda - 04/04 10:02 CET
US offers rewards for Kony and his cronies
The United States has offered rewards of close to four million euros each…
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Egypt - 03/04 23:16 CET
Protests greet IMF team in Egypt for tough financial rescue talks
There was an angry welcome in Egypt for a team from the International…
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Egypt - 03/04 14:13 CET
Egypt in tough talks over IMF loan
A team from the International Monetary Fund will spend at least a week…
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Mali - 02/04 18:30 CET
EU begins Mali training mission
EU forces have started training Malian soldiers to quell an Islamist…
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Port Louis - 01/04 17:29 CET
Deadly flash floods ravage Mauritius
A day of mourning has been declared in Mauritius after at least 11 people…
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Pretoria - 01/04 12:45 CET
Nelson Mandela's health 'improves'
The South African government has said that Nelson Mandela’s health…
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Central African Republic - 01/04 06:55 CET
New caretaker government for Central African Republic
The Central African Republic’s new leader Michel Djotodia has…
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Port Louis - 01/04 03:25 CET
Mauritian capital Port Louis rocked by heavy floods
The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has been hit by severe floods. At…
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Egypt - 01/04 02:06 CET
Egyptian satirist surrenders to arrest warrant
A prominent Egyptian satirist has been accused by the authorities of…
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Rabat - 31/03 23:06 CET
Morocco: union anger over govt that does not listen
Thousands of trade unionists in Morocco have demonstrated on the streets…
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Kenya - 31/03 19:17 CET
Kenyatta thanks Kenyans for peace
Kenya’s president-elect has used an Easter Day mass in the capital…
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South Africa - 31/03 17:15 CET
Easter prayers for Mandela in South Africa
Church congregations all over South Africa offered Easter prayers for…
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Egypt - 31/03 15:46 CET
Egypt's TV joker explains presidential jibes to prosecutor
A prominent satirical TV presenter has appeared before Egypt’s…
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Central African Republic - 31/03 00:07 CET
Self proclaimed CAR leader calls for exiles to return
Central African Republic’s new leader and self proclaimed president…
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Kenya - 30/03 19:25 CET
Kenya Supreme Court confirms election result
The Supreme Court in Kenya has decided that the country’s…
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Egypt - 30/03 18:25 CET
Egypt: arrest warrant for satirical TV host
In Egypt, the public prosecutor has issued an arrest warrant for the…
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South Africa - 29/03 23:05 CET
Mandela 'doing well' but no sign of leaving hospital
Former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is…
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South Africa - 29/03 14:06 CET
Mandela in 'good spirits' in hospital
The former South African president Nelson Mandela, is in good spirits and…
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Egypt - 29/03 03:06 CET
Egypt faces crisis with a devalued currency
Egypt is facing a major credit crisis as its banks hold a national…
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South Africa - 29/03 01:06 CET
Messages of concern pour in for Mandela
Quiet concern surrounds the health of former South African president…
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Kenya - 28/03 18:45 CET
Seven die in attack on Kenyan tourist resort
At least seven people, including a police officer, have died, after a…
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South Africa - 28/03 13:45 CET
Oscar Pistorius granted right to travel
South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has won a…
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South Africa - 28/03 13:04 CET
Mandela: South Africa asks world to 'pray for our beloved Madiba'
The South African government said Nelson Mandela, in a Pretoria hospital…
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South Africa - 28/03 08:55 CET
Mandela admitted to hospital suffering lung infection
Former South Africa President Nelson Mandela is back in hospital due to a…
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South Africa - 28/03 08:53 CET
Nelson Mandela admitted in hospital
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to…
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Egypt - 28/03 04:16 CET
Egyptian elections delayed until October
With almost daily clashes in Egypt the country’s president has…
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Central African Republic - 27/03 16:11 CET
Pope Francis calls for peace after coup in Central African…
Pope Francis has used his first public audience to call for peace in the…
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South Africa - 27/03 06:35 CET
BRICS to create new development bank
The BRICS grouping of emerging powers has agreed on the creation of a…
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Egypt - 26/03 16:00 CET
Egypt: two tourists kidnapped in Sinai released
Two tourists abducted by Bedouin gunmen last week have been freed…
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Central African Republic - 26/03 05:35 CET
CAR rebel leader pledges power-sharing government
Michel Djotodia, the self proclaimed president of Central African…
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Central African Republic - 25/03 16:36 CET
Ousted president of Central African Republic flees to Cameroon
Rebels wander through the presidential complex in the capital city of…
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Bangui - 25/03 13:05 CET
Rebel leader names himself president of Central African Republic
A leader of the Seleka rebel coalition has named himself as president of…
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Tanzania - 25/03 11:15 CET
China's new president tours Africa to boost trade and investment
Chinese president Xi Jinping has begun his tour of Africa in Tanzania, as…
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Central African Republic - 24/03 14:26 CET
Central African Republic capital falls to rebels
Rebels seized control of the capital of Central African Republic on…
