KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo’s outgoing government on Monday defended decrees granting former ministers lifetime salaries and other benefits following strong criticism in a country where most of the population lives in poverty.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded at a shopping mall in Somalia's capital on Monday, killing 11 people and wounding 10 in an attack that police said was probably carried out by Islamist group al Shabaab.
ABIDJAN, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's cocoa farmers expect an abundant April-to-September mid-crop, they said on Monday, following a week of above-average rainfall in most of the country's cocoa regions.
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa should consider increasing capitalisation of power firm Eskom due to lower electricity tariffs, the utility's chief executive officer said on Monday.
ABUJA (Reuters) - A tribunal on Monday ordered Nigeria's top judge to appear for trial on Feb. 13 in a case that has raised fears of interference in next month's presidential election, after an appeals court cleared the way for the hearing to begin.
PARIS (Reuters) - French fighter jets struck targets in northern Chad on Sunday in support of local troops trying to repel a convoy of unidentified fighters that had crossed the border from Libya, France's military said in a statement.
WASHINGTON/ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar visited Washington two weeks ago to meet with top U.S. diplomats and lawmakers thanks to a temporary suspension of a travel ban linked to decade-old bribery scandals, according to people familiar with the matter.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Just minutes after militants attacked a luxury hotel complex in Nairobi last month, the first ambulances roared up to collect wounded survivors.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A huge blast was heard in the heart of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday and clouds of smoke could be seen rising, a Reuters witness said.
GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) - Gunman shot dead the head of Dubai government-owned P&O Ports' operations in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland on Monday, a local government official said, and Islamist militant group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang, arrested in South Africa in connection with $2 billion in fraudulent loans, submitted an urgent bail application last week, one of his lawyers told Reuters on Monday.
GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) - Gunman shot dead the head of Dubai government-owned P&O Ports' operations in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland on Monday, a local government official said, and Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
ABUJA (Reuters) - The Islamist militant group Boko Haram killed at least 60 people in the northeast Nigerian town of Rann on Monday, a day after it was abandoned by the military, Amnesty International and security sources said on Friday.
PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa's radical leftist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) will nationalise all mines by 2023 if elected this year, the party said in its election manifesto launched on Saturday.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A huge blast was heard in the heart of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday and clouds of smoke could be seen rising from the scene of the blast, according to a Reuters witness.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is receiving treatment in South Africa, the second time in four months, after falling ill last week, a privately owned newspaper reported on Monday.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium will take in former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo following a request from the International Criminal Court which freed him from detention the previous day, Belgian news agency Belga said on Saturday.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Sudanese school teacher died in detention after being arrested in connection with protests in the east of the country, members of his family said on Saturday.
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was safe after his helicopter crash landed in the north central state of Kogi, his spokesman said on Saturday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa expressed disappointment on Sunday after the United States and other Western powers wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa urging him to tackle corruption, and said those countries had breached diplomatic protocol.
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