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'I'm free! I'm free!,' yells freed SA hostage

IOL : Africa: 4 hours ago
South African Nick Greyling's misery is over after being freed from captivity - but whether his Nigerian kidnappers received a ransom upon his release is still a mystery. ...read article

Jos: soldiers kill two youths

IOL : Africa: 4 hours ago
Soldiers have opened fire on a crowd after curfew and killed two people and left five wounded, say witnesses. ...read article

Head of al-Azhar dies

IOL : Africa: 4 hours ago
Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Egypt's most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar, has died of a heart attack. ...read article

Cement truck kills at least 30

IOL : Africa: 4 hours ago
A truck carrying bags of cement has killed between 30 to 50 people after the driver lost control and drove into a crowded market in Nigeria, say police. ...read article

'We want the invisible president revoked'

IOL : Africa: 4 hours ago
Hundreds of Nigerians have gathered in the capital Abuja for a march to the presidency to demand the appearance of ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua, two weeks after he returned from a Saudi hospital. ...read article

I have zero tolerance for drugs - Jammeh

IOL : Africa: 11 hours ago
Gambian President Yayha Jammeh has dedicated himself to the fight against drug-trafficking after the arrest of 11 top officials in a swoop believed to be linked to narcotics. ...read article

Displaced villagers are going back to Sudan

IOL : Africa: 11 hours ago
Two million people who fled the civil war in South Sudan have returned there after the 2005 peace agreement, according to migration officials. ...read article

Senior rebel leader killed in Mogadishu

IOL : Africa: 11 hours ago
A senior official of the Somali rebel group Hizbul Islam has been gunned down by unknown attackers at a Mogadishu market. ...read article

Grenade caused bomb scare in Gaborone

IOL : Africa: 11 hours ago
A hand grenade was the device that prompted a bomb scare outside the officers of Botswana President Ian Khama last week, according to police. ...read article

Nigeria urged to end impunity after massacre

IOL : Africa: 11 hours ago
The United Nations, the United States and Human Rights Watch have urged Nigerian authorities to ensure that those responsible for the weekend attacks on three Christian villages are brought to justice. ...read article

'Bandits' attack truck in Mali

IOL : Africa: 18 hours ago
One person has been killed and several injured after a group of armed men attacked a truck travelling in the Gao region of northern Mali, say security sources. ...read article

Residents flee village invaded by elephants

IOL : Africa: 18 hours ago
Wild elephants rampaged through a southern village in Angola, destroying farms and dozens of houses. ...read article

Gambian top brass held in drugs swoop

IOL : Africa: 18 hours ago
Eleven of Gambia's top government officials, including the navy and police chiefs, were behind bars after a wave of arrests believed to be related to drug trafficking, police said. ...read article

Fabre barred from protest

IOL : Africa: 18 hours ago
Togo's riot police blocked the top opposition leader from reaching a demonstration he wanted to lead. ...read article

'British hostages safe'

IOL : Africa: 18 hours ago
Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed says a British couple held hostage by pirates in his country are "not in danger". ...read article

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