DAKAR, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Scientists in Sierra Leone have found live bats infected with Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola and so far undetected in West Africa, a U.S. government statement said on Thursday.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A university student was killed in protests in the Sudanese city of al-Qadarif on Thursday, a member of parliament said.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's election board has told participants in Sunday's presidential vote it cannot organize the ballot on time, one of the candidates said.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's election board has told participants in Sunday's presidential vote it cannot organize the ballot on time, one of the candidates said.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - The president of Democratic Republic of Congo's electoral commission (CENI) on Thursday told candidates in Sunday's presidential election that the CENI is not able to organize the vote on time, one of the candidates in the meeting told Reuters.
(Reuters) - With Christmas fast approaching, African shoppers are snapping up festive decorations to add some sparkle to the holiday season.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Competition Commission said on Thursday it has charged retailer Shoprite and its subsidiary Computicket with anti-competitive behaviour, and recommended a fine, sending its shares down more than four percent.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's electoral commission (CENI) has summoned the candidates in Sunday's presidential election to a meeting at the parliament building amid reports the vote could be delayed.
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Both candidates competing to become Madagascar's next president claimed victory after an election runoff, even though only a small percentage of the results have yet been declared.
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar on Wednesday said it had seized a Panamanian-flagged ship with Chinese crew in its waters and said the vessel, that authorities had tracked for some time, was being used to plunder its resources.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Leading Sudanese opposition figure Sadiq al-Mahdi returned to Sudan on Wednesday from nearly a year in self-imposed exile and called for a democratic transition before thousands of supporters.
RABAT (Reuters) - A man suspected in the killing of two female tourists from Norway and Denmark in Morocco's Atlas Mountains belongs to a militant group, a prosecutor said on Wednesday, without identifying the group.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A state of emergency was declared in the Sudanese city of Atbara after hundreds of people protested against price increases and set fire to the local headquarters of the ruling party, officials from Nile River state said.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - In his 74 years, Congolese historian Isidore Ndaywel has lived through independence from Belgium, two coups d'etat, multiple civil wars and three changes to the country's name.
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