28 dead in Maiduguri mosque attack: vigilante
At least 28 people were killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, on Friday, raising fresh security concerns after a wave of similar attacks. The attack happened
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Slovenia says it is considering building a border fence to help stem a record influx of migrants and refugees, as thousands more people arrived from Croatia on Friday. Prime Minister Miro Cerar
At least 42 dead in French pensioners coach crash
At least 42 people, most of them elderly, were killed when a coach collided with a lorry and caught fire in southwest France on Friday, in the country’s worst road accident for
The Digital Transformation in Africa
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Ivory Coast’s Ouattara: tough-minded economist-president
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara, tipped to win a new mandate Sunday, has revived the country’s war-scarred economy but at the cost of being accused of creeping authoritarianism. A high-flying economist before
Suicide bomber kills six in Maiduguri
A suicide bomber killed six people in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, on Friday, the country’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said. The agency said at least 17 other people were injured and taken
Rwanda rejects Burundi meddling accusations
Rwanda has dismissed accusations it was meddling in neighbouring Burundi’s political crisis, with Kigali’s foreign minister saying Rwanda only wanted peace. “Burundi’s problem is not Rwanda’s, Burundi’s problem is Burundi’s,” Louise Mushikiwabo
Champagne confirms FIFA presidency bid
Former French diplomat Jerome Champagne on Friday officially entered the running to succeed Sepp Blatter as president of football’s scandal-hit governing body FIFA. “I have submitted my candidacy and have the support
Players union calls for ‘stringent’ checks on FIFA contenders
The international professional footballers union FIFPRO on Friday called for the “most stringent tests of integrity” to be applied to candidates for the presidency of scandal-tainted FIFA. With the deadline for candidates
Congo opposition calls off protest
Congo’s opposition has said it will obey a ban on public demonstrations after deadly street violence, cancelling a Friday protest against a referendum that could allow the president to extend his three