China, Tanzania mark 50th anniversary of ties
2014-04-26 13:38:00
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Tanzanian counterpart Jakaya Kikwete have exchanged messages of congratulations to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
UN Security Council slams terrorist attack in Algeria
2014-04-25 11:25:42
The UN Security Council condemned Thursday "in the strongest terms" a terrorist attack in Algeria, where 14 soldiers were killed by a terrorist group last week.
South Sudan president fires longtime army leader
2014-04-24 21:45:39
The removal of South Sudan's military chief of staff - who comes from the same ethnic group as rebels fighting the government - further freezes a powerful minority out of top government positions, an analyst said Thursday, as battles continued following a massacre by rebels.
Train derails in Congo, dozens dead
2014-04-23 22:06:39
Officials in Congo say a freight train has derailed in the country's southeast, killing at least 30 people.
African troops capture junior LRA rebel commander
2014-04-22 20:47:29
African troops captured a junior commander with the Lord's Resistance Army and rescued 10 people, mostly children, abducted by the rebels, Uganda's military said Tuesday, the latest blow against the rebel group in an international hunt for its fugitive leaders.
Lagos Carnival held in Nigeria
2014-04-22 15:55:21
A participant dressed in costume attends the Lagos Carnival on Easter Monday in Lagos April 21, 2014.
Two Chinese engineers abducted in Sudan
2014-04-20 22:03:51
The engineers who work at an oil field belonging to Sudanese oil companies in Sudan's West Kordofan State were abducted by unidentified men on Friday, according to Chinese Embassy in Khartoum.
South Sudan: 12 die after mob attacks UN base
2014-04-18 10:21:33
An angry mob of South Sudanese youths attacked a U.N. base on Thursday in order to harm members of an ethnic minority sheltering inside. Peacekeepers were forced to open fire, amid rampaging violence that killed at least 12 people, officials there said.
UN calls for ceasefires in S. Sudan
2014-04-18 02:36:08
The UN humanitarian agency on Thursday called for immediate cessation of hostilities in South Sudan where a three month conflict has killed thousands of people and displaced over a million others.
Nigerian abducted schoolgirls freed, 8 still missing
2014-04-17 07:14:11
Nigeria's military said on Wednesday its forces had freed most of the more than 100 teenage schoolgirls abducted by Islamist Boko Haram militants and were continuing the search for eight students still missing.
UN Security Council slams bombing in Nigerian
2014-04-15 10:09:14
The UN Security Council condemned on Monday the bomb explosion in a bus station in Nigeria, which killed 71 and injured 124 others.
Libya starts trial of ex-Gaddafi officials, but sons absent
2014-04-14 18:56:51
Libyan prosecutors on Monday began the trial of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi's sons and former regime officials.