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Train plows into school bus in Egypt, 50 killed

YoopyaNov 17, 20120

(Reuters) – Fifty people, mostly children, were killed when a train slammed into a school bus as it crossed the tracks at a rail crossing

Sierra Leoneans rush to vote with hope set on minerals boom

YoopyaNov 17, 20120

(Reuters) – Sierra Leoneans crowded polling stations to vote on Saturday, saying they wanted to elect leaders who would bring prosperity to the poor, conflict-scarred

Egypt PM Hisham Qandil arrives for Gaza mission

YoopyaNov 16, 2012May 31, 20230

Egypt’s prime minister has arrived in Gaza to show support to Palestinians, after Israel struck at more than 130 targets overnight and militants fired 11

Ouattara dissolves Ivorian government over marriage law

kiemtarNov 15, 2012May 18, 20230

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has sacked his government in a row over a new marriage law which would make wives joint heads of the

Special Report: South Sudan’s Chinese oil puzzle

YoopyaNov 14, 20120

(Reuters) – A few months before South Sudan seceded last year, Henry Odwar drove to a Juba hotel to confront the men who would be

Kenyan capital Nairobi gets new train

YoopyaNov 13, 20120

A new commuter train has been launched in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi – the first of its kind since independence in 1963. The train will run

Zimbabwe diverts $2 billion in diamonds: gem watchdog

YoopyaNov 13, 20120

(Reuters) – At least $2 billion of diamonds from Zimbabwe’s Marange fields have been stolen by people linked to President Robert Mugabe’s party, a diamond

Melcom shop collapse in Ghana: 18 confirmed dead

YoopyaNov 12, 20120

Rescue teams have recovered more bodies from the rubble of a multi-storey shopping centre in Ghana’s capital, Accra, which collapsed on Wednesday. Eighteen people are

West Africa bloc Ecowas agrees to deploy troops to Mali

YoopyaNov 12, 20120

West African regional leaders have agreed to deploy 3,300 soldiers to Mali to retake the north from Islamist extremists. At a summit of Ecowas, the

S/African gov’t condoles with Ghana over building collapse

kiemtarNov 11, 20120

The South African government and the people of South Africa have extended their “heartfelt” condolences to the government and the people of Ghana following the