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YAOUNDE (Reuters) – A number of seamen have been kidnapped after an attack on their vessel off the coast of Cameroon in West Africa’s piracy-plagued Gulf of Guinea, a source in the Cameroonian army and a source at the major port of Douala said on Friday. In July, the International Maritime Bureau described the Gulf of Guinea as the most… Read More

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Missiles hit the only functioning airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Thursday, killing one worker, the airport said. Mitiga airport halted traffic and diverted flights to Misrata, a city some 200km to the east of Tripoli, the airport said in a statement. The airport has been repeatedly hit since eastern forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar launched… Read More

HARARE (Reuters) – Six Zimbabwean political activists were abducted from their homes at night and beaten by armed men this week, ahead of planned street demonstrations by the main opposition party, a coalition of rights groups said on Thursday. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has called Friday’s protest against the handling of the economy by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s… Read More

ROME/MADRID (Reuters) – An administrative court in Rome ruled on Wednesday that a Spanish rescue ship carrying around 150 migrants should be allowed to enter Italian territorial waters in defiance of a ban imposed by Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. Salvini, leader of the far-right League party, quickly responded that he would not allow the ship entry regardless of the ruling,… Read More

KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda said on Wednesday it had recorded a 40% surge in the incidence of malaria, attributing the increase to a range of factors including a refugee influx, climate change and a decline in the use of protective nets. The development could heighten public health fears already stoked by an Ebola epidemic which briefly spilled over from neighbouring… Read More

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Militant Islamist group al Shabaab struck a Somali government military base on Wednesday with car bombs and gunfire in a battle that both sides said caused multiple deaths to the other. Witnesses said some local residents were also killed by stray crossfire during the mid-morning attack on the base in Awdheegle, 70 km (43 miles) southwest of… Read More

N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed five people, including a Chadian soldier, when she blew herself up on the shores of Lake Chad on Wednesday, three military and government sources said. The sources said the attack happened shortly after midnight in the compound of a traditional chieftain in the district of Kaiga-Kindjiria. The attacker walked in and detonated her… Read More

LUSAKA (Reuters) – A Zambian court on Tuesday adjourned until September the start of corruption trial involving a former cabinet minister that prompted some western donors to freeze aid to the southern African nation. Britain, Finland, Ireland and Sweden withheld nearly $34 million in aid to Zambia’s social welfare and education sectors in September last year because of concern over… Read More

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – A fuel tanker exploded in eastern Tanzania on Saturday killing at least 60 people, authorities said, as flames ripped through a crowd that had gathered to siphon petrol from it. Video clips circulating on social media showed the charred remains of dozens of young men and burnt motorbikes. In footage from before the explosion, a… Read More

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – A fuel tanker exploded in Tanzania on Saturday, killing dozens as flames ripped through crowds that had gathered to siphon petrol from it. State broadcaster TBC Taifa said 57 people were killed and 65 injured. Video clips from the accident scene circulating on social media showed the charred remains of dozens of young men. Footage… Read More