Libyans at boiling point amid summer power cuts
by Hamza Mekouar Agence France-Presse TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) -- Mahmud Aguil has a comfortable house in Libya's capital Tripoli, but…
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Africa
More means less for Zimbabweans battling hyperinflation
by Fanuel Jongwe Agence France-Presse HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) -- With runaway inflation eating into incomes, staple foods have vanished from…
2 years ago
34 killed in two jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) -- Suspected jihadists killed at least 34 people in attacks on villages in northern Burkina Faso…
2 years ago
Mali welcomes lifting of ‘illegal, inhumane’ sanctions
BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) -- Mali's junta said Monday it was "satisfied" by the lifting of "illegal and inhumane" sanctions imposed…
2 years ago
Eight anti-coup protesters killed in Sudan mass rallies
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) -- At least eight Sudanese demonstrators were killed Thursday as security forces sought to quash mass rallies…
2 years ago
Senegal court sentences opposition MP over banned protest
DAKAR, Senegal (AFP) -- A Senegal court Tuesday handed an opposition MP a six-month suspended prison sentence for defying a…
2 years ago
AU urges probe into deaths of Africans at Spain-Morocco border
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- The African Union Commission chief has voiced shock at the "violent and degrading" treatment of African…
2 years ago
Gunman kills seven villagers in northeast Cameroon
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon (AFP) -- A gunman on a rampage killed seven people and seriously wounded two others across four villages…
2 years ago
Death toll in Burkina jihadist massacre rises to 86
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) -- The death toll from a weekend attack in northern Burkina Faso rose by seven,…
2 years ago
DR Congo condemns Rwanda’s ‘support’ for M23 rebels
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) -- The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday condemned neighbor Rwanda for "supporting, financing and arming"…
2 years ago
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