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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…

French drone strikes have killed 40 extremists earlier this week who were traveling on motorcycles near Niger's border with Burkina Faso, France's military announced. In a statement, the French military called the strikes a “new tactical…

A resurgence of cholera has killed 154 people since October 2021 in Cameroon, where more than 8,200 cases of the disease have been reported, UN said. Up to the end of May, "the Ministry of Health has recorded 8,241 cases and 154 deaths…

Tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region killed 168 people, a local aid group said, one of the deadliest bouts of violence in the country in recent years. The fighting in West Darfur province comes…

An explosion caused by a truck carrying explosives for a mine killed at least 17 people and injured 59 others Thursday and devastated a town in western Ghana, the government said. The explosion occurred around noon Thursday in Apiate,…