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December 9, 2015

Oil workers strike triggers fuel queues in Nigeria

Long queues formed at petrol stations in some Nigerian cities on Tuesday after a key oil workers union ordered a three-day strike to demand better conditions and road repairs.

December 9, 2015

Kigali says two mortar bombs fired into Rwanda from DRC

Rwanda's military spokesman said two mortar bombs were fired into the country from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday.

December 9, 2015

Egypt suspends tourism with Iran for security

Egypt's Tourism Minister Hisham Zazou said on Tuesday that tourism links with Iran had been suspended for reasons of "national security," state television reported.

December 9, 2015

Bank robbery, kidnapping, drugs and guns fund Boko Haram's bloody ventures

Extremist militant group Boko Haram is one of the most elusive terrorist groups on the continent of Africa and according to reports; it looks like how they get their funding is just as elusive.

December 9, 2015

Lockerbie bomber Megrahi critical in Libyan hospital, source says

The convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al Megrahi has been hospitalized in Tripoli, where he remained in critical condition Saturday, a source close to Megrahi's family said.

December 9, 2015

Insurgents in deadly rampage in northeast Nigeria town

Islamist insurgents have rampaged through a town in northeastern Nigeria with heavy weapons, setting public buildings on fire and killing a soldier and the wife of a senior policeman, authorities said Thursday.

December 9, 2015

Togo counts votes after peaceful polls

Togo tallied votes on Friday after long-delayed parliamentary elections that were mainly peaceful and with the opposition seeking to weaken the ruling family's decades-long grip on power.

December 9, 2015

Police fire tear gas at hundreds of students at Nigeria university protest

Police fired tear gas at several hundred students and unemployed youths in Nigeria's largest city protesting a presidential decision to rename one of the nation's top universities.

December 9, 2015

Spaniards seek future in Morocco as recession bites

Emilio Rodriguez runs a small construction company in Tangiers in northern Morocco where, like many other Spaniards, he has moved in search of fresher professional pastures.

December 9, 2015

Somalia demands Kenyan troops leave southern port

Somalia's government has demanded that Kenyan troops stationed in the volatile port city of Kismayo as part of an African Union force be replaced, accusing them of backing a militia force opposing Mogadishu.