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At least 20 people have died in South Africa after a major road accident in the northern province of Limpopo. The victims - believed to be miners - were on a bus which crashed head-on with a truck. They were being transported to one…

The main liberal opposition political movement in Egypt has said it won't nominate a candidate in the presidential election due next year after one of its leaders was sentenced to six months in prison. The Free Current coalition said…

Seventeen people have been killed by a landslide in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The disaster occurred overnight on Sunday near the banks of the Congo river, in the northern city of Lisala, the capital of Mongala province. Seven…

Kenya’s president is wooing American tech companies, promising a business-friendly environment — even though he has raised taxes on businesses at home. President William Ruto made the appeal in an address to leading U.S. technology…

Climate activists marched in Goma on Friday in protest of the government's plans to exploit 30 oil and gas blocks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Congolese government caused an uproar among environmentalists last year by…

**President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that France's envoy to Niger is living like a hostage in the French embassy and accused military rulers of blocking food deliveries to the mission.**The ambassador is living off "military rations",…

Emergency crews have begun work to extinguish several wildfires that have broken out in Algeria's northeastern Bejaia and Tizi-Ouzou provinces. The fire is reported to have gained strength and is now threatening hamlets. The same region…

An official in eastern Libya has denied allegations that many of those killed in devastating floods last weekend were told to stay in their homes. Othman Abdul Jalil, a spokesperson for the Benghazi-based government, told the BBC that…

Libya’s Tripoli-based Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah on Thursday acknowledged issues in the maintenance of two dams that burst, causing devastating floods that killed over 5,000 people. In a Cabinet meeting, Dbeibah said the state of…

Opposition parties in Madagascar have denounced what they say is an "institutional coup" after the prime minister, an ally of President Andry Rajoelina, was put in charge of the nation in the run-up to a presidential election. In a…