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A tragedy of unprecedented scale struck at the Lycée Bilingue d'Etoug-Ebe, located in the heart of the political capital, Cameroon.  At least ten students died during a stampede at the Lycée Bilingue d'Etoug-Ebe, located in the political…

An epidemic of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, claimed 356 lives in Burkina Faso between mid-October and mid-November, bringing the death toll to 570 since 1st January, a health ministry official announced on Friday. From 1st…

A truck bomb exploded at a checkpoint in the central Somali town of Beledweyne on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and obliterating nearby buildings, a police officer said. It was not immediately clear who was responsible but the…

Mozambique's army has killed two senior rebel leaders in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, which is in the grip of an armed terrorists, it announced. "Terrorist Abu Kital, who held the position of deputy operations commander for the…

At least 16 workers were killed and several others were feared trapped after a crane collapsed during the construction of a bridge in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, officials said. Television footage showed mangled remains of…

Five people have been shot and killed in Johannesburg in suspected violence between rival gangs of illegal miners, police said. The five bodies, believed to be those of illegal miners, were found near an abandoned mine shaft near a…

Nine people, including four soldiers, were killed Sunday evening when a civilian plane crashed in Sudan due to “technical” reasons, the army said, as the war in the east African country entered its 100th day. In Port Sudan, on the east…

The provisional toll of the Marburg virus disease epidemic that has been raging for more than two months in Equatorial Guinea stands at nine confirmed deaths, the Ministry of Health said. On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO)…

Eleven (11) people have died and 16 are missing around Malawi's second-largest city Blantyre after tropical storm Freddy brought torrential rains that triggered floods and landslides, police said on Monday. Freddy, one of the strongest…

Health authorities in Equatorial Guinea have quarantined more than 200 people and imposed movement restrictions after an unknown illness killed at least ten people. The outbreak was reported on Tuesday, according to preliminary…