Meningitis caused almost 180 deaths in Niger since January: UN
NIAMEY, Niger (AFP) -- At least 179 people, almost half of them children, have died of meningitis since January in Niger,…
7 years ago
Africa
Iglesia Ni Cristo holds first-ever baptism in Liberia
By Dexter T. Manglicmot WASHINGTON D.C. (Eagle News Service) -- Minister of the Iglesia Ni Cristo, Matt Talens, would have…
7 years ago
Ebola outbreak in remote part of DR Congo
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP ) - The first Ebola outbreak since the crisis in West Africa that killed 11,300 people…
7 years ago
Black rhinos to come back home to Rwanda
by Cyril BELAUD Agence France-Presse KIGALI, Rwanda - Around 20 of Africa's endangered Eastern black rhinos are returning in an…
7 years ago
S. Africa’s largest trade union wants Zuma to resign
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa's powerful trade union federation Cosatu, a key coalition partner of the ruling ANC, on…
7 years ago
6.5-magnitude quake shakes southern Africa
GABORONE, Bostwana (AFP) -- A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck the southern African nation of Botswana on…
7 years ago
Calls for Zuma to quit at S.Africa freedom icon’s funeral
by Susan NJANJI Agence France-Presse JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The funeral of celebrated South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada on…
7 years ago
S. African anti-apartheid icon Ahmed Kathrada dies: charity foundation
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- Leading South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada, who was one of Nelson Mandela's closest colleagues,…
7 years ago
S.Sudan’s leaders force famine on their people: analysts
by Tristan MCCONNELL Agence France-Presse NAIROBI, Kenya - South Sudan's famine is a disaster created by its leaders, say analysts…
7 years ago
Landslide at Ethiopia garbage dump kills at least 46
by Chris STEIN Agence France Presse ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) -- At least 46 people died and dozens more were…
7 years ago
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