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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…

Militants stormed a regional government office in Somalian capital on Sunday, and five civilians were killed, the government said. The founder of the Aamin ambulance service, Abdulkadir Adan, told Press, that his team collected 16…

Ten people were killed and 39 wounded Sunday in a bomb attack on a church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo claimed by militants. Congolese military spokesman Antony Mualushayi said the "terrorist act" happened in a Pentecostal…

Nine people died, most aged between 10 and 20, in a shopping mall crush as revellers rang in the New Year in Uganda's capital, police said on Sunday. After fireworks outside the Freedom City mall in Kampala, "a stampede ensued, resulting…

Nine people died and eight others were missing in South Africa after a flash flood swept away members of a church congregation along the Jukskei River in Johannesburg, rescue officials said. “The dead and missing were all part of the…

A landslide in Cameroon's capital Yaounde killed at least 14 people attending a funeral. The victims had gathered at the top of a hill for a memorial service for five people when the ground collapsed under part of the audience. The…

At least 30 people were killed when police clashed with demonstrators in the Chadian capital during a banned protest against the ruling military. Hundreds of demonstrators turned out to mark the date when the military had initially…