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At least 13 people were killed in central Somalia on Saturday after a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a restaurant packed with local officials and politicians. The dead were mostly civilians and 20 other people were wounded in the…

At least 14 people were killed in Madagascar this week by tropical storm Dumako, the state disaster relief agency said, as the island braces for 'another cyclone due to hit on Tuesday.' Some 4,323 were displaced when Dumako made landfall…

Mali: Eight Soldiers Killed in Clash with Armed Militants Eight Malian soldiers were killed, 14 others injured and four are missing following a clash with armed Islamist militants in the northeast of the West African nation on…

Tunisia's powerful UGTT labour union on Saturday re-elected Noureddine Taboubi as its leader as it approaches a critical national turning point in which it may play a pivotal role. Taboubi, who has been UGTT leader for five years, has…

The leader of Tanzania's main opposition party, Freeman Mbowe, has a case to answer on charges of plotting acts of terrorism against government officials, a court said on Friday, prolonging a trial that some see as political. In a…

The World Health Organization has announced that six African countries will be given the 'revolutionary mRNA technology' to set up their own vaccine production centres - helping the continent acquire self-reliance against the Covid…

Hong Kong until recently had an enviable record battling COVID-19, but as an Omicron wave now overwhelms the city, the steps that saved lives are making life unbearable for many of its 7.4 million people. Like an immune system…

Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland stepped well beyond economic policy at a G20 finance meeting on Friday to issue an "impassioned" warning to her Russian counterparts not to invade neighboring Ukraine. During a contentious G20…

The World Health Organization, WHO, has announced the first six countries that will receive the technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines in Africa, in the latest effort to boost production on the continent. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom…

Mozambique's former President Armando Guebuza has given evidence in a huge corruption trial in which his son is an accused. Mr. Guebuza - who is the first former president to take the witness stand in a court case in the country -…