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Suspended SAfrican youth leader gets 2nd chance

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African youth leader who has stirred furious debate over race relations and economic policy is guilty of…

25 people die in Kenya after truck hits minibus

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Red Cross official says 25 people have died in western Kenya after a truck crashed into a minibus.

A failed province: Cautionary tale for S.Africa

GIYANI, South Africa (AP) — The giant pipes lying idle along the road were supposed to deliver water from a dam completed six years ago…

ANC youth leader gets 2nd chance on suspension

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A controversial South African youth leader will get a chance to argue against a possibly career-ending suspension.

Surveillance drone crashes in Somali capital

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Witnesses say a surveillance drone has crashed into a refugee camp in the Somali capital.

Kenya miltiary: some 100 Somali militants killed

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The spokesman for Kenya's military says an estimated 100 Somali militants were killed after helicopter gunships…

Sudan bombs US-funded Bible school, US condemns

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Sudan's military bombed a Bible school built by a U.S. Christian aid group, prompting students and teachers at…

UN declares Somali famine over but warns of risks

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations said Friday that Somalia's famine is over, but the world body's Food and Agricultural…

Correction: BC-AF--Nigeria-Radical Sect story

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — In a story Feb. 1 about the arrest of a purported spokesman of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, The…

UN official: SSudan crises need more than $760m

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A top U.N. official says South Sudan may need more than the $760 million the agency predicted they would need…

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