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Boko Haram kills over 100 Chadian soldiers in seven-hour attack

The attack on soldiers on the Boma peninsula lasted at least seven hours, and reinforcements sent to help were targeted

25 March 2020 6:30 PM IST

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At least 70 Nigerian soldiers killed in jihadist ambush: military...

Several soldiers were injured and some others taken captive by the jihadists

24 March 2020 4:47 PM IST

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Hunger foces Madagascans to defy lockdown amid virus outbreak

Madagascar so far has 12 cases of coronavirus

24 March 2020 11:49 AM IST

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Tanzania, Somalia report first Covid19 cases

In a little over a week, 21 new African countries have reported cases, bringing the total affected to 30.

17 March 2020 1:31 PM IST

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South Africa set to close borders to foreigners from high risk...

The president also announced the closure of schools for around three weeks from Wednesday

16 March 2020 12:29 PM IST

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Kenya confirms first case of Covid19

It is the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus in the East African region

13 March 2020 2:31 PM IST

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Sudanese PM Abdalla Hamdok survives assassination attempt in Khartoum

Abdalla Hamdok-'s family confirmed he was safe following the explosion, which targeted his convoy

9 March 2020 2:49 PM IST

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COVID 19 reaches Sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria reports first case

The case is of an Italian who returned to Lagos from virus-affected Milan

28 Feb 2020 11:14 AM IST

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Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak dies at 91

Mubarak was the President for nearly 30 years, before he was overthrown in a popular uprising

25 Feb 2020 5:40 PM IST

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24 gunned down in a church attack in Burkina Faso

A group of -"armed terrorists-" attacked the local population after separating them from the non-residents in the...

17 Feb 2020 3:52 PM IST

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UN seeks help from international community to tackle desert locust...

UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimated at the end of January that a locust control plan would cost $76...

11 Feb 2020 4:28 PM IST

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19 Indians kidnapped by pirates near Nigerian coast released, one died...

Twenty Indian crew members were kidnapped from the vessel MT Duke in the high seas off the western coast of Africa on...

19 Jan 2020 6:14 PM IST