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Fire tears through Kenya boarding school dormitory, killing 17 boys

YoopyaSep 7, 2024September 7, 20240

NAIROBI, Sept 6 (Reuters) – A fire killed 17 boys when it tore through the dormitory in which they were sleeping at a boarding school

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill at least 37 in Nigeria attack

YoopyaSep 4, 2024September 4, 20240

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants roared into a northeastern Nigerian village on motorcycles, opened fire on a market and

Attempted jailbreak at a Congo prison kills 129 people as chaos erupts with a stampede and gunshots

YoopyaSep 3, 2024September 3, 20240

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An attempted jailbreak in Congo’s main prison left 129 people dead, including some who were shot and others who died in a stampede

‘Barcelona or die.’ For Senegalese dreaming of Europe, the deadly Atlantic route is not a deterrent

YoopyaAug 26, 2024August 26, 20240

THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal (AP) — Salamba Ndiaye was 22 when she first tried to get to Spain, dreaming of a career as a real estate agent.

The biggest diamond in over a century is found in Botswana — a whopping 2,492 carats

YoopyaAug 23, 2024August 23, 20240

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country’s president

Rights group says security forces have killed 9 during protests over Nigeria’s economic crisis

YoopyaAug 2, 2024August 2, 20240

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least nine people were killed by security forces as protesters clashed with police during mass demonstrations over the country’s economic crisis,

Women football players in Africa have overcome enormous barriers – new book tells the story

YoopyaJul 11, 2024July 17, 20240

Women’s Football in Africa, the first in-depth book on the subject, traces the history of women’s soccer from initially being banned through to today’s growing

Tear gas and stones as protesters across Kenya say ‘Ruto must go!’

YoopyaJul 2, 2024July 2, 20240

NAIROBI/MOMBASA, July 2 (Reuters) – Kenyan riot police fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi on Tuesday and demonstrations erupted in other cities across the

Police in the Kenyan capital fire live bullets as protesters rally against proposed new taxes

YoopyaJun 25, 2024June 25, 20240

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya fired live ammunition at anti-government protesters in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday as thousands continued to rally demanding legislators vote

South Africa’s Ramaphosa re-elected as ANC strikes coalition deal

YoopyaJun 15, 2024June 15, 20240

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, June 14 (Reuters) – The African National Congress and its largest rival, the white-led, pro-business Democratic Alliance, agreed on Friday to work