YAOUNDE (Reuters) - More than two dozen people have been killed in one of Cameroon's Anglophone regions, local sources said on Saturday, although the exact circumstances of their deaths were not immediately clear.
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A fire broke out on an onshore oil rig in Nigeria's Niger Delta on Saturday, three witnesses told Reuters, adding that the fire was still burning as of noon.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia pardoned on Saturday an opposition leader with British citizenship who had been sentenced to death, the latest in a series of pardons and releases of jailed dissidents announced in the wake of years of violent unrest.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Burkina Faso formally established diplomatic relations on Saturday, after the West African nation severed ties with self-ruled Taiwan, in another victory for Beijing as it keeps up the pressure on Taipei.
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - A court in Cameroon on Friday convicted seven activists from the country's Anglophone minority of rebellion and acts of terrorism and gave them sentences ranging from 10 to 15 years, a defence lawyer said.
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