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Niger suicide attacks fuel fears Mali conflict could spread

24/05 08:56 CET

There are fears that militant violence in West Africa is spreading after a double suicide attack in Niger which left more than 20 people dead, mostly soldiers. They are the first such attacks experienced by the country which is involved in a French-led offensive in…

Republic of the Congo - 24/05 01:04 CET

Extra UN troops for D R Congo

Peace may finally be on the way for the Democratic Republic of…
Niger - 23/05 17:46 CET

Militants attack French mine and army barracks in Niger

Islamist suicide bombers have struck at an army barracks and a French-run…
Niger - 23/05 10:07 CET

Two suicide bombers strike in northern Niger towns

Two suicide bombers have struck Northern Niger, injuring at least 16…
Egypt - 22/05 20:44 CET

Freed hostages prompt security issues in Sinai

The release of seven security men by their kidnappers in Sinai has…
Egypt - 22/05 14:34 CET

Egyptian security officers are freed by Islamist kidnappers

Seven Egyptian security officers kidnapped in Sinai last week have been…
Johannesburg - 22/05 11:08 CET

Oscar Pistorius’ brother cleared over woman’s death

The brother of South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been…
Egypt - 22/05 08:03 CET

Sinai: Egyptian hostages released - army spokesman

Seven Egyptian security officers kidnapped in Sinai last week have been…
Egypt - 21/05 11:34 CET

Egypt sends military reinforcements to Sinai

Egypt sent extra troops to Sinai – days after seven members of its…
Tunisia - 20/05 21:25 CET

Tunisia PM slams hardline Islamist group

Tunisia’s Islamist government has spoken out against hardliners…
Tunisia - 19/05 23:05 CET

Clashes leave casualties in Tunisia as radical Islamists defy…

One protester has died and several others have been injured in Tunisia…
Tunisia - 19/05 16:24 CET

Salafists clash with police in Tunisia after rally is banned

Police have clashed with hardline Islamists in Tunisia after the…
Alexandria - 18/05 14:44 CET

Row sparks sectarian violence at Alexandria in Egypt

It started as a row between two young men in Egypt’s second city of…
Nigeria - 17/05 11:14 CET

Nigerian army strikes out at Boko Haram in northeast

Nigerian forces have been attacking Islamist camps in the northeast in…
Morocco - 17/05 01:04 CET

Casablanca bombings remembered in Morocco

Morocco’s 21st century day of terror is remembered every May 16. It…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Rwanda - 14/05 20:58 CET

Rwanda building collapse

Reports from Rwanda say around a hundred people are trapped after a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Egypt - 12/05 00:16 CET

Mubarak back in court for retrial

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been back in court for a…
Egypt - 11/05 12:45 CET

Former Egyptian president in court for retrial

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has once again appeared in court…
Libya - 10/05 22:15 CET

Libya: police stations bombed in Benghazi

Bombs exploded outside two police stations in the eastern Libyan city of…
Burkina Faso - 10/05 07:05 CET

Burkina Faso minister faints

Burkina Faso’s foreign minister has fainted during a joint press…
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…
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…
Egypt - 07/05 00:46 CET

Egyptians celebrate spring holiday

After a year of political turmoil, Egyptians have been taking some time…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Somalia - 05/05 09:54 CET

Somali bomb blast kills several officials

A massive car bomb has exploded in the Somali capital of Mogadishu…
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…
Mali - 02/05 08:06 CET

French Islamist convert captured in Mali

A French Islamist convert who had previously appeared on video…
Chad - 02/05 03:35 CET

Coup attempt foiled in Chad

Security forces in Chad have announced they have foiled an attempted coup…
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…
Libya - 30/04 17:26 CET

Gunmen surround Justice Ministry in Libya

Gunmen have surrounded Libya’s justice ministry in the capital of…
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…
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…
Libya - 28/04 19:48 CET

Armed protest at foreign ministry targets new Libya…

Gunmen surrounded Libya’s foreign ministry in a protest against…
Algeria - 28/04 10:53 CET

Algerian President Bouteflika in Paris hospital

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been transferred to a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Egypt - 17/04 17:32 CET

Mubarak goes straight to prison

Ex Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak has been sent back to prison in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Egypt - 13/04 12:45 CET

Judge withdraws from Mubarak retrial

The presiding judge in the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni…
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…
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…
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…
Mauritania - 12/04 15:14 CET

Warning of refugee crisis in Mauritania

Medical charity Doctors without Borders is warning that thousands of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Egypt - 08/04 12:15 CET

Mursi condemns deadly Cairo violence against Coptic Christians

Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has condemned the violence, which…
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…
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…
Pretoria - 06/04 15:40 CET

Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital in South Africa

Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from…
Egypt - 06/04 10:27 CET

Euronews Correspondent attacked in Cairo

Euronews correspondent Mohammed Sheikhibrahim was attacked while…
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…
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…
South Africa - 05/04 19:50 CET

South African match-fixing scandal to be investigated

An independent judicial inquiry backed by football’s world…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Mali - 02/04 18:30 CET

EU begins Mali training mission

EU forces have started training Malian soldiers to quell an Islamist…
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…
Pretoria - 01/04 12:45 CET

Nelson Mandela's health 'improves'

The South African government has said that Nelson Mandela’s health…
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…
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…
Egypt - 01/04 02:06 CET

Egyptian satirist surrenders to arrest warrant

A prominent Egyptian satirist has been accused by the authorities of…
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…
Kenya - 31/03 19:17 CET

Kenyatta thanks Kenyans for peace

Kenya’s president-elect has used an Easter Day mass in the capital…
South Africa - 31/03 17:15 CET

Easter prayers for Mandela in South Africa

Church congregations all over South Africa offered Easter prayers for…
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…
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…
Kenya - 30/03 19:25 CET

Kenya Supreme Court confirms election result

The Supreme Court in Kenya has decided that the country’s…
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…
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…
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…
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…
South Africa - 29/03 01:06 CET

Messages of concern pour in for Mandela

Quiet concern surrounds the health of former South African president…
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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