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Zambia: Many dead in bus and lorry crash north of Lusaka

YoopyaFeb 7, 20130

At least 53 people have been killed in a crash involving a bus and lorry in Zambia, police say. The death toll could rise as

China ‘smuggles’ Mozambique timber – EIA

YoopyaFeb 7, 20130

Nearly half of the timber exported from Mozambique to China is illegal, a pressure group has said. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) said its investigation

Tunisia political crisis deepens after assassination

YoopyaFeb 7, 20130

Tunisia’s political crisis is deepening after the assassination of a leading opposition leader earlier this week. The killing of anti-Islamist politician Chokri Belaid sparked violent

Kidal assault: French jets bomb northern Mali

YoopyaFeb 4, 20130

French warplanes have carried out air strikes in Mali’s far north as they try to secure the final rebel stronghold of Kidal after a three-week

France protects Niger uranium mine

YoopyaFeb 4, 20130

Niger has confirmed that French special forces are protecting one of the country’s biggest uranium mines. President Mahamadou Issoufou told French media that security was

Timbuktu’s art of saving its manuscripts

YoopyaFeb 2, 20130

The images of scattered and torched storage boxes at the Ahmed Baba Institute in Timbuktu raised fears that thousands of the city’s famous manuscripts had

Mali conflict: UN ‘deeply disturbed’ by army abuse claims

YoopyaFeb 2, 20130

The UN anti-genocide envoy says he is “deeply disturbed” by reports of reprisal attacks by Malian troops as they retake control of the north. Such

Egypt ‘bodyguards’ take stand against sex assault

YoopyaFeb 2, 20130

CAIRO (AP) — With bright neon vests and hardhats gleaming at dusk, a dozen Egyptian volunteers fanned out through Cairo’s crowded Tahrir Square. Their project:

Yahya Jammeh gives Gambians an extra day off

YoopyaFeb 1, 20130

The Gambia has started a four-day week for public sector workers, with Fridays now an extra day off. President Yahya Jammeh has said the shorter

Two years on, Benghazi threatens “another revolution” in Libya

YoopyaFeb 1, 20130

(Reuters) – As night fell over Benghazi, a familiar sound echoed across the eastern Libyan city – an explosion, and then gunfire. A bomb had