Nigeria unrest leaves 46 dead: medical sources
A wave of attacks in northern Nigerian cities attributed to a radical Islamist group killed 46 people, medical sources said Saturday, raising the death toll sharply from an earlier seven.…
Qadhafi’s son Seif al-Islam arrested
Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi’s fugitive son Seif al-Islam has been arrested in the south of the country, a senior National Transitional Council official told AFP on Saturday. Seif al-Islam,…
Nigeria pirates hijack MT Halifax oil tanker
Pirates have seized an oil products tanker off southern Nigeria, security officials say. Gunmen boarded the MT Halifax off Port Harcourt, the main city in the oil-rich Niger Delta, they…
Rwanda gives Congo back 82 tonnes of smuggled minerals
Some 82 tonnes of smuggled minerals seized by Rwandan police is being handed back to the Democratic Republic of Congo in a sign of improved relations between the two neighbours.…
Somali al-Shabab militants attack Kenyan army convoy
Somalia’s transitional government has said its forces, backed by Kenyan troops, have repulsed an attack by Islamist al-Shabab insurgents.A Somali military spokesman told the BBC that they killed 36 insurgents…
UN Security Council concern over Libya massive weapons
The United Nations Security Council has expressed “concern” over the fate of the massive weapons stockpile built up in Libya under Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.The council called on Libya and its…
Marrakesh cafe bomber Adel Othmani given death sentence: Morocco
The mastermind of a deadly bomb attack on a Moroccan cafe in April has been sentenced to death. The court in Rabat convicted Adel Othmani of organising the attack on…
Sudan armed Libyan rebels: President Bashir
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir says his country gave military support to the Libyan rebels who overthrew Col Muammar Gaddafi. In a speech broadcast live on state television, Mr Bashir said…
One more explosion in Nairobi:Kenya
A blast has gone off at a bus stop in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, killing at least one person, police say.An earlier grenade attack on a bar in the city wounded…
Where child sacrifice is a business
The villages and farming communities that surround Uganda’s capital, Kampala, are gripped by fear. Schoolchildren are closely watched by teachers and parents as they make their way home from school.…
