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Around 40 soldiers and 100 civilians have been killed in a "war" in northern Togo, President Faure Gnassingbe has said, in a ground-breaking interview. West African nation, along with neighbouring Benin, Ghana and Ivory Coast, is…

Ten civilians and three soldiers were killed in a number of incidents across Mali. The government says 88 militants were put out of action in what they are describing as a resurgence of "terrorist incidents." The attacks began with…

The Chinese government has condemned the killing of nine Chinese nationals at a mining site in the Central African Republic (CAR), where a civil war is raging, and the president of China, Xi Jinping, called on Monday for the perpetrators to…

At least five people were killed After a boat capsized in southern Ghana's Lake Volta on Saturday morning, local authorities confirmed. Daniel Adzakpa, a member of assembly Azizakpe Electoral Area, said the passenger boat carrying about…

A lion known as the king of the Serengeti has been killed by rivals. Tour operators and visitors to the national park have paid tribute to the "legendary" Bob Junior also known as Snyggve online. The "photogenic" and…

Suspected militants killed at least 19 people and burned a medical facility in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo early, two regional officials and a resident said. The attack, which occurred around 1 a.m. (2300…

At least 13 civilians have been killed in an attack blamed on militants against their village in central Mali, officials said. The attack on Kani-Bonzon was not far from the border with northern Burkina Faso where at least 70 soldiers…

Eight people have been killed and hundreds displaced in the Sierra Leonean capital Freetown after a landslide and flooding caused by heavy rains continued on Monday, rescue workers said. Four men, a woman and a seven-year-old girl died…

Sudanese security forces have raided Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television and its Al Hadath news channel in Khartoum and confiscated their equipment. CCTV footage of the raid shows security personnel attacking employees. The Dubai-based…

A prominent Somali journalist who was a staunch critic of jihadist group Al-Shabaab was killed by a suicide bomber as he left a restaurant in the capital Mogadishu Saturday, officials and colleagues said. Al-Shabaab claimed…