Africa’s top 4 economies are in trouble

April 17, 2016 0

Growth in Africa has outpaced most emerging markets in recent years, but that’s changing fast as a slew of problems beset its leading economies. Here’s what you need to know about sub-Saharan Africa’s big four: 25

Somalia: Man executed for journalists’ killings

April 11, 2016 0

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A former journalist who joined the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab was executed in Somalia’s capital for the killings of five Somali journalists. Hassan Hanafi Haji, who was extradited from Kenya last 25

Cameroon: Joint forces arrest 300 Boko Haram fighters

April 5, 2016 0

AP – YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Cameroon says multinational forces fighting Boko Haram have arrested over 300 Islamic extremists and freed at least 2,000 people from their strongholds along Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad borders. Cameroon’s commander 25

Ethiopia: 28 people killed in floods in remote regions

April 5, 2016 0

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The state broadcaster in Ethiopia says 28 people have been killed in severe flooding in two remote regions. The Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation reported Monday that 23 people were killed and 25

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