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OVER 38,000 Somali children are at “high risk” from dying from starvation despite hunger levels improving by almost a third across the war-torn nation, United Nations (UN) experts said Thursday. The

BURUNDIAN soldiers shot dead 17 rebels at point-blank range after they surrendered in January, witnesses have told the BBC. The rebels, with hands raised, were lined up on the edge of

A SOUTH Sudanese militia has freed 280 child soldiers as part of a wider deal to release about 3,000 under-age fighters, the United Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. More releases will occur

RAYMOND Mwesiga’s “darling kid sister” had much to live for, but when she needed medical help after a car crash, Uganda’s overstretched health system fatally failed her. Distracted by her toddler

TUNISIAN Prime Minister-designate Habib Essid’s new cabinet faced rejection by parliament Monday, after another party said it would oppose his choice of ministers in a vote to ratify the country’s new government.

THE NIGERIAN government will soon send teachers to a few African countries as part of efforts under its foreign policy on technical aid, to help with the educational standard of the countries.

ZAMBIA’S new President Edgar Lungu, Monday, retained Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda, to help turn around a stuttering economy, after securing a narrow victory in last week’s presidential poll. Lungu’s campaign focused

AN EGYPTIAN appeals court Monday, convicted a doctor of manslaughter and performing female genital mutilation that led to the death of a 13-year-old girl, sentencing him to two years and three months

UGANDAN wildlife officers have seized a huge haul of elephant ivory and pangolin scales, representing the deaths of hundreds of endangered animals, police said Sunday. Over 700 kilogrammes of ivory –

SOUTH African authorities have re-established order – for now – in Soweto and other Johannesburg townships, after a week of looting of foreign-owned shops and violence in which four people were killed.