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December 9, 2015

Kidnapped French sailor freed in Nigeria

A French sailor kidnapped from a tanker in Togo when attackers sought to use him as a shield said Tuesday he has been freed in the oil-producing region of Nigeria.

December 9, 2015

Shell opens compensation talks over massive Nigeria oil spill

Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell held compensation talks in Nigeria on Monday with leaders of a community devastated by two massive oil spills in 2008, activists said.

December 9, 2015

Guinea's Newly Elected President Survives Assassination Attempt

Guinea's democratically elected president survived an assassination attempt early Tuesday when gunmen descended on his home, an attack that throws into doubt the political stability of this mineral-rich country with a history of coups.

December 9, 2015

Tunisia leaders, opposition in talks to defuse crisis

Tunisia's leaders started talks on Thursday with opposition and civil society representatives to try to defuse the country's latest political crisis, prompted by last week's murder of an opposition MP.

December 9, 2015

Kenyan MPs inspect mall wreckage in security probe

Kenyan lawmakers investigating alleged security failings during the deadly assault on Nairobi's Westgate mall by Islamist gunmen inspected Monday the charred wreckage, where searches continue for 39 people still missing.

December 9, 2015

South Africa restore rugby race quotas

Race quotas will return to South African rugby next season in a bid to produce more top-level black players, the national body announced Wednesday.

December 9, 2015

Efforts to resolve Egypt political crisis intensify

A senior US envoy joined intense efforts in Cairo on Sunday to try to resolve a political crisis pitting supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi against Egypt's army-backed interim leaders.

December 9, 2015

Witness recounts Kenya mall horror

Fred Bosire, who works in the meat section of the supermarket at Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall, was having an ordinary, busy Saturday before the carnage began.

December 9, 2015

Mali calls parliamentary elections for November 24

Mali's new government on Wednesday set November 24 as the date for the first parliamentary elections since a military coup last year which led to a sweeping Islamist occupation and a French-led military intervention.

December 9, 2015

Scrap fuel hike, say hardline Sudan Islamists

Hardline Islamic religious leaders in Sudan have joined calls by ruling party reformers for the government to scrap fuel price hikes which sparked deadly protests.