Doctor firings expose medical failings in Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The firing of nearly 800 doctors working at hospitals in Nigeria's most populous state has exposed the failings…
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Guinea-Bissau gets prime minister under new deal
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Politicians in the tiny nation of Guinea-Bissau say a new prime minister has been chosen to help lead a…
Group: Congo general recruiting children again
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A Congolese general already sought on an international arrest warrant for his alleged use of child soldiers…
Zimbabwe politician drives off in motor show car
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — State prosecutors in Zimbabwe say an opposition politician at a Ford Motor Company car show got into the latest…
Official: 1 dead from attack on Kenya's coast
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Attackers fired shots and detonated four grenades outside a nightclub in Kenya's coastal town of Mombasa after…
Amnesty Int'l: Mali suffering its 'worst crisis'
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The West African state of Mali is suffering its worst crisis in half a century after a coup in the capital and a…
Official: 1 dead in explosion on Kenya's coast
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Police say attackers fired shots and detonated grenades outside a nightclub in Kenya's coastal town of Mombasa…
South African police seize 10 rhino horn
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Police officers tipped off by an anonymous informer forced their way into a Johannesburg apartment where they found…
EU navy, helicopters strike pirate supply center
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — European Union naval forces in attack helicopters conducted their first onshore raid on a suspected pirate…
Sudans: Trench marks new border as rains approach
TACHUIEN, South Sudan (AP) — A trench dug across a red dirt road marks part of the shifting border this week between Sudan and South…
