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Insight: Revival of Islamists in Mali tests French, U.N. nerve

YoopyaNov 14, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Nine months after they were scattered across the Sahara by waves of French air strikes, Islamists in Mali are making a comeback –

Samsung aims to double its smartphone sales in Africa in 2014

YoopyaNov 13, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Samsung Electronics expects to supply half of the smartphones sold in Africa this year and aims to double these sales on the continent in 2014,

U.N. Security Council to vote this week on delay of Kenya trials: Rwanda

YoopyaNov 13, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – As Africa urges the U.N. Security Council to take it more seriously, Rwanda plans to put to a vote this week a draft

U.S. to name Nigeria’s Boko Haram as terrorist group: sources

YoopyaNov 13, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – The State Department will formally designate the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram as a foreign terrorist organization on Wednesday, congressional sources and

Congo, M23 rebels peace signing delayed over wording of pact

YoopyaNov 12, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – A ceremony to formally end Congo’s bloodiest conflict in a decade was delayed on Monday by an 11th-hour spat between the government and

At 50 percent efficacy the RTS,S malaria vaccine will not be a stand-alone solution

YoopyaNov 8, 2013June 26, 20230

Scientists in Africa are in the final stages of trials for a malaria vaccine that’s raising hopes of reducing child infections – and deaths –

Official: M23 chief, rebels surrender to Uganda

YoopyaNov 7, 2013March 3, 20240

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The top commander of Congo’s M23 rebel movement and about 1,700 of his fighters surrendered to Ugandan authorities following defeat by