JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Riots in South Africa linked to public anger over poor government services and poverty have hit a record high in 2018, data showed on Wednesday, a sign one analyst said the ruling African National Congress should not ignore ahead of elections next year.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo has summoned the Angolan ambassador over the expulsion of thousands of Congolese migrants from Angola during a crackdown on artisanal diamond mining this month, Congo's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
MORONI (Reuters) - Troops shot dead two "criminals" in clashes on Comoros' Anjouan island on Wednesday, a government official said, amid a wave of unrest against constitutional changes.
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has resumed the restoration of Cairo's monumental 13th century al-Zahir Baybars mosque, a sign that vital cultural work is finally getting back under way after seven years of political turmoil.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia might not seem a good bet for e-commerce. It's one of the world's poorest countries and has been at war for a quarter century. There's no functioning postal service and less than 2 percent of the population is connected to the internet.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Hundreds of South Africa's Solidarity union members held a strike on Wednesday over a pay dispute at cash-strapped state-owned weapons manufacturer Denel.
LONDON (Reuters) - A Nigerian politician who was jailed in Britain for laundering tens of millions of dollars in stolen public funds through British banks and properties lost an appeal against his conviction in London on Wednesday.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo's government condemned what it called the violent expulsion by Angolan authorities of thousands of Congolese citizens during a crackdown on artisanal diamond mining.
LUANDA/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Emiliano Cula starts to cry as his tiny fingers, curled into a tight fist, are stretched by a physical therapist to stimulate motor control.
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Opposition candidates who say last week's presidential election in Cameroon was marred by fraud had their appeals heard at the country's Constitutional Council on Tuesday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - An inquiry reviewing evidence on Tom Moyane, the suspended head of South Africa's Revenue Service (SARS), issued an interim report on Tuesday urging President Cyril Ramaphosa to fire the tax official.
DAKAR (Reuters) - When Central African Republic (CAR) pleaded for help last year to fight marauding militias, former colonial ruler France offered guns it had seized off Somalia. But Russia objected and donated its own weapons instead.
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