West Africa : EU to double funding for military force in Sahel region
The European Union is to double the budget allocated to a multi-national force in West Africa’s Sahel region as part
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Month: February 2018
South Africa : Listeriosis outbreak kills 172
Listeriosis in South Africa has killed 172 people since the start of last year, officials say, as the country struggles
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Cameroon : 7 killed in Boko Haram attacks
At least seven people have been killed in Chad and Cameroon by militants of the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group,
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Egypt : Sentences 21 to death over terrorism charges
Egypt has sentenced 21 people to death on charges of involvement in terror activities as the North African country presses
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South Sudan : Kills, beats, nabs journalists-UN
In at least 60 incidents over the last year and a half journalists in South Sudan were killed, beaten, detained,
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Nigeria : Army rescues 76 girls after Boko Haram terror attack
The Nigerian military has managed to rescue 76 schoolgirls and recovered the bodies of two others out of an estimated
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Billy Graham , the US Evangelist dies at 99
Once dubbed God’s Ambassador, Billy Graham went to the four corners of the world with his evangelical mission.
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South Africa : Artists have created a playlist to try to make two-minute showers bearable
Cape Town is in the middle of a severe water crisis, triggered by its worst drought in 100 years. People
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Zimbabwe : Pushing for mobile money as its cash problems linger
Zimbabwe could become one of Africa’s early adopters of full interoperability in the mobile money sector if the government is
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