STELLENBOSCH, South Africa, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Three of Airbnb's top growth markets are in Africa and the continent has become a cornerstone of the U.S. company's sustainable tourism strategy, a senior official with the home-sharing service said on Thursday.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The U.S. military killed six al Shabaab militants in Somalia when it launched two airstrikes against targets near Haradere town in Galmudug state to the northeast of the capital, it said on Thursday.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia chose a former exiled dissident to head its election board on Thursday - part of a dizzying shake-up by the new prime minister that has brought rebels back into the political mainstream and curbed the establishment.
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tens of thousands of people who have fled fighting in Mali since September are going hungry because funding has run out as the conflict has escalated, aid agencies said on Wednesday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Sibanye-Stillwater said on Thursday it would temporarily suspend night shift work after one employee was killed and others injured during overnight protests at its South African gold operations.
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Armed men killed seven people on Thursday in an attack on French drilling company Foraco's water well site in southeastern Niger, a security and company source said.
(Reuters) - About 650,000 Tunisian state employees went on a nationwide strike on Thursday, after the government rejected UGTT union's request to raise public sector wages, which could stoke further tensions in the North African country.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Endemic violence in Central African Republic is pushing the country towards famine with 63 percent of the population already needing emergency aid, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in the country said on Wednesday.
DAKAR (Reuters) - Thirteen new cases of Ebola were confirmed on Wednesday in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo - one of the highest daily counts since the start of the outbreak in July, the health ministry said.
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