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By Ebi Kesiena A former Liberian rebel is on trial in Paris on charges of crimes against humanity, torture and acts of barbarism during the West African country’s civil war in the 1990s. 47 year old...

By Ebi Kesiena Amidst rehearsals for invasion, North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the sea on Sunday, Seoul’s military said, making it the seventh such launch in two weeks, just hours after a nuclear-powered...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna In what appears to be a clampdown on the media, the Somalia government has threatened to punish newspaper and television houses who publish what it called "propaganda" for the armed group al-Shabab. The...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Burkina Faso said on Saturday that a process to select a transitional president ahead of elections would begin next week. This comes after the Sept 30 coup disaffected military officers against a ruling...

By Ebi Kesiena Seven people have been killed in an explosion at a petrol station in County Donegal in Ireland’s northwest, Police said on Saturday. The Garda Siochana Police force said eight people were hospitalised as...

By Ebi Kesiena Uganda’s sugar exports have increased after a huge drop in July. According to the country’s central bank, Uganda’s sugar exports for the month of July suffered a 58% decline due to scarcity of...