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Thirty six Chinese nationals held in Kenya over alleged possession of illegal telecommunication equipment now face new charges of engaging in organized crime.
Food security situation improved in six Eastern Africa countries in January compared to November 2014 as the number of food insecure people declined by 1 million, the UN humanitarian agency said on Friday.
Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Thursday named his full cabinet and promised that he will not hesitate to remove any of his ministers for not performing.
Most of the U.S. military personnel deployed in West Africa in response to Ebola outbreak will go home by April 30, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
Gambia Football Federation under the Ministry of Youth and Sport will now host the Liberian football club of Barak Young Controllers after ban on Ebola countries by Gambia was lifted over the weekend.
Countries cannot afford to deal with countering terrorism in isolation, UN Deputy Secretary- General Jan Eliasson said Tuesday, calling for a truly effective response to leverage the resources of the international community.
Zimbabwean President and the newly elected Chair of African Union (AU) Robert Mugabe on Monday met with visiting Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, pledging to push forward China-Zimbabwe and China-Africa relations.
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on Monday inaugurated a modern technical and professional school constructed by China in the capital Bujumbura.
A riot broke out Sunday outside of a major soccer game in Egypt, with a stampede and fighting between police and fans killing at least 25 people.
At least 22 Egyptian soccer fans were killed and some 20 others injured in the clashes with police on Sunday night in the capital Cairo, Egypt's state-run MENA news agency reported.
Islamist group Boko Haram attacked a border town of Bosso in neighboring Niger on Friday morning, witnesses said.
The number of people sick with Ebola fever has doubled in Guinea in the past week following the discovery of cases previously unknown to health authorities, a Guinea health official said on Friday.