Ethiopian and Somali troops have taken a strategic stronghold of Islamist militants in south-western Somalia.
Ethiopian and Somali troops have taken a strategic stronghold of Islamist militants in south-western Somalia.
A gas-fuelled fire, with flames as high as 5m, may burn for months in waters off the Niger Delta in south-east Nigeria, a Chevron spokesperson tells the BBC.
Teacher tells of harsh life under Somali Islamist rule
Government has temporarily suspended metal export permits ahead of the release of new guidelines. The mines ministry says the latest move is aimed at increasing transparency in Africa’s top copper producer. Mines Permanent secretary Godwin Beene in a document dated 4th October said all the current permits issued by his ministry are immediately...
Chef tells of turning African food into big business
Former Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo is to meet Senegal's opposition to try to defuse rising tensions ahead of Sunday's elections.
Egypt's trial of ex-President Hosni Mubarak, accused of ordering the killing of protesters during the revolution that ousted him, enters its final day.
The UN Security Council is expected to vote to increase the African Union's peacekeeping force in Somalia by more than 5,000 soldiers, diplomats say.
Piracy off the Somali coast is estimated to be costing the shipping industry nearly $7bn (£4.4bn).
Scores are killed and injured in clashes between two rival ethnic groups in Libya's remote south-eastern desert, according to local reports.
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