Africa
Rwanda gets first cricket stadium
Rwanda\'s first cricket stadium was inaugurated Saturday by President Paul Kagame as a permanent home for developing the sport in the country.Anger in Ghana after seven die in fuel station fire, blasts
Ghana\'s government on Sunday promised to tighten safety at fuel stations across the country after seven people were killed and scores more ...Madagascar plague outbreak kills 24, triggering WHO fears
The World Health Organisation said Sunday it was boosting its response to a plague outbreak in Madagascar that has killed 24 people, ...Cameroon accused over Nigerian Boko Haram refugees
Cameroon on Wednesday denied allegations by a human rights group that it had forcibly returned about 100,000 Nigerian refugees in breach of ...Mozambique opposition eyes peace deal by November
Mozambique\'s opposition chief Afonso Dhlakama said Friday he expected to sign a peace deal with President Filipe Nyusi by November, as the ...UN calls for aid to feed 320,000 refugees in Tanzania
The United Nations World Food Program says it has reduced food rations for 320,000 refugees living in northwest Tanzania as a result ...Nearly 500 dead in Sierra Leone mudslides
Rescue workers have unearthed 499 dead bodies since last week\'s devastating landslide near the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, the city\'s chief coroner ...At least 312 dead in Sierra Leone mudslides and flooding
At least 312 people were killed and more than 2,000 left homeless on Monday when heavy flooding hit Sierra Leone\'s capital of ...Suspected jihadists kill 18 in attack on Burkina Faso restaurant
Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 18 people and wounded several during a raid on a restaurant in Burkina Faso\'s capital overnight, ...Four dead in Kenya as tensions soar over disputed poll
Four people were killed Wednesday in election-related violence in Kenya, where the opposition claimed massive rigging in a vote that President Uhuru ...