Papua New Guinea authorities destroyed makeshift shelters and removed water sources in a shuttered Australia refugee camp Friday, just hours ahead of a deadline for the inmates to leave or be forced out, detainees said.

A group of armed separatists were occupying two villages near a huge US-owned copper mine in Indonesia's eastern Papua province, police said Friday, as they sought to end the tense standoff.

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NAIROBI, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Friday. - - - - - EVENTS: *Rwanda to release its consumer inflation data for October. GLOBAL MARKETS Asian shares slipped on Friday on uncertainty about U.S. tax reforms after Senate Republicans unveiled a plan that differed from the House of Representatives' version in several key areas, including a del

Guinean judges have completed an investigation into a massacre in which at least 157 opposition supporters were killed and 109 women raped by troops in a stadium in 2009, the justice ministry said in a statement Thursday.

Several Republicans on Thursday urged their party's candidate for a vacant US Senate seat to quit the race if an explosive report that he had a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl is true.

French President Emmanuel Macron held talks late Thursday with Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince as tensions between Tehran and Riyadh soar over crises in Yemen and Lebanon.

The UN's nuclear watchdog director Yukiya Amano Thursday reaffirmed Tehran is complying with the 2015 nuclear deal in a meeting with US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, the agency said.

The Electricity Company of Ghana has denied reports making rounds on various social media platforms that the company will be embarking on a data migration exercise which will affect prepaid credit purchase.

The Ministry of Finance has described the assertion by Minority National Democratic Congress, (NDC) members on Energy-sector Bond, issued by the ESLA PLC, as inconsistent and baffling.

A member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), His Excellency Ambassador Daniel Osei, the former Consul General to Dubai, has said former President John Dramani Mahama has nothing new or good to offer the NDC.

Patrice Evra faces his disciplinary destiny on Friday when he could be sacked by Marseille and heavily sanctioned by UEFA for aiming a karate kick at one of his own supporters.

A British entrepreneur in an Iron Man-like getup set a new Guinness World Record for fastest speed in a body-controlled jet engine powered suit.

“God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains.”

In advanced democracies, a change in government simply means a different idea for pursuing a similar objective of making life better for all. It is about a different view on how to get to where the whole nation wants to go.

Black Stars striker Richmond Boakye Yiadom says the team is going to put up their best performance to defeat the Pharaohs of Egypt in their final the world cup qualifier at the Cape Coast Stadium on Sunday, November 12.

Equatorial Guinea will vote in parliamentary elections on Sunday where the opposition, facing many hurdles but buoyed by rallies, is hoping for a breakthrough at the expense of the ruling party. The election is widely expected to be dominated by the party of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Africa's longest-serving leader, who has ruled the tiny ...

Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has projected Ghana to be among the world’s smart nations in a year.

The Chief Commercial Officer at the Ghana Post Company, Jonathan Ansah says the company has recorded two hundred thousand downloads within three weeks after the launch of the digital address system known as The Ghana Post GPS.

US President Donald Trump praised Chinese leader Xi Jinping as a "highly respected and powerful representative of his people" on Friday as he wrapped up his first state visit to Beijing.