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South Sudan Rebel Leader Says He Could Return Next Month
South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar says he could return to the turbulent country as early as next month, even if he...
Former Black Stars Coach Kwesi Appiah Named Best Coach In Sudan
Former head coach of the Black Stars James Kwesi Appiah has been awarded the best coach in the Sudan domestic league....
Revolutionary Islam And Regime Change In Ethiopia
With ethnic uprisings spreading across an Ethiopia now ruled by martial law there is only one nationally based...
South Sudan Unrest Rises Amid Kiir’s Death Rumours
The UN has warned of increasing violence in South Sudan as the government was forced to publicly dismiss rumours of...
Ethiopia-Djibouti Electric Railway Line Opens
Ethiopia and Djibouti have launched the first fully electrified cross-border railway line in Africa. It links...
DR Congo Deadline For Removal of South Sudan Fighters
The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been given a week to fly hundreds of South Sudanese...
African Union; The Wests Gendarme In Africa
The African Union is the west’s gendarme in Africa with it’s combined national armed forces increasingly primed to...
Kerry In Kenya For Regional Security Talks
Nairobi (AFP) - With a peace deal unravelling in South Sudan and jihadist attacks continuing in Somalia, US Secretary...
New Case of Ebola Confirmed in Liberia
A new case of Ebola has been found in Liberia, a country declared free of the disease on Sept. 3, a senior United...
The World Bank Increases Ebola Crisis Management Fund to $400 million
The World Bank has agreed a dramatic increase in financing to address the Ebola crisis upping the initial $230 million...
Liberia Riot Police and Soldiers Use Scrap Wood and Barbed Wire to Seal off 50,000 People To Contain Ebola
Riot police and soldiers acting on their president's orders used scrap wood and barbed wire to seal off 50,000 people...
Guinea Closes Borders to Halt the Spread of Ebola
Guinea has announced the closure of its borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia in a bid to halt the spread of Ebola, the...
Oil Companies Withdrawing Staff from Nigeria and Liberia Amid Ebola Fears
Oil firms were last night withdrawing staff from Nigeria and Liberia after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared...
Arik Air Suspends All Flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone
According to Arik Air General Manager of Public Relations, Mr. Ola Adebanji, the action is a preemptive one...
HEARTBREAKING: Air Algerie Jetliner with 116 Persons On Board Crashes in Mali.
An Air Algerie jet carrying 116 people crashed Thursday in a rainstorm over restive Mali, and its wreckage was found...