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December 10, 2015

Mauritanian news agency says it has Al-Qaeda hostage video

Al-Qaeda's north African branch has released a video purporting to show seven Westerners it kidnapped in west Africa, the Mauritanian news agency ANI reported on Monday.

December 10, 2015

Kenya looks east, signs $5 bln China deals

Snubbed by the United States and charged by the International Criminal Court, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has headed east and scored $5 billion (3.7 billion euros) of infrastructure deals with China.

December 10, 2015

S. African university bids to woo continental talent

Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand launched a campaign to attract Africa's top postgraduate talent Tuesday, intensifying the continent's battle for brains.

December 10, 2015

Tunisia to resume crisis talks over political impasse

Tunisia was to push ahead on Monday with talks to resolve a political crisis sparked by the assassination of an opposition politician last month, but with no signs of compromise.

December 10, 2015

Aid worker killed in Darfur

An aid worker was killed on Thursday during fighting in the largest city of Sudan's troubled Darfur region, a humanitarian source told AFP.

December 10, 2015

Report: Egypt's Mubarak to return to prison

Egypt's official news agency says the prosecutor general has ordered that ex-President Hosni Mubarak be moved from a lush military hospital back to prison, now that his health has improved.

December 10, 2015

'Convert or die,' Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram tells Christian women

The kidnapping of a young Christian woman and her forced conversion to Islam is part of an inhuman new strategy used by the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram to rid the region of Christians, experts told FoxNews.com.

December 10, 2015

Briton kidnapped in Lagos released

A British citizen who was kidnapped by gunmen shortly after landing at the international airport in Nigeria's largest city has been released, an official said Monday.

December 10, 2015

African Union observers say Togo vote acceptable

African Union observers said Saturday that Togo's parliamentary elections were held in acceptable conditions despite the opposition alleging irregularities, as partial results showed the ruling party ahead.

December 10, 2015

Hollande in favour of 'controlled' arms shipments to Free Syrian Army

French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday that France was in favour of sending weapons to the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) but only "in a controlled environment" and "with a number of countries".