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Killed: 40 people were killed on Sunday as twin bomb explosions ripped through Baidoa city, in south-western Somalia. The first explosion occurred at a popular restaurant as many people were having evening coffee as usual. According to witnesses and survivors, at least 25 people died at the scene and many others were left wounded. Check also: Cameroon’s military freed hundreds ...

Cameroon’s military said Saturday that its forces had freed several hundred hostages and killed about 100 Boko Haram militants in a joint operation with Nigerian troops. Military commanders said the combined force also had liberated the northeastern Nigerian town of Kumahe, near the Cameroonian border, during a three-day operation against the military group. Check also: Where girls are being kidnapped ...

Mexican ex-president Felipe Calderon tore into US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Saturday, comparing him to Adolf Hitler and blasting him as a racist. Check also: Some Africans are lazy fools they’re only good at eating love making and thuggery said Donald Trump Calderon, a member of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), warned that Trump’s rise in the ...

Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou took a solid lead Friday in the uranium-rich nation’s presidential election but will face an unprecedented run-off against jailed opposition leader Hama Amadou on March 20. Check also: Niger opposition rejects initial election results citing fraud The narrow win for Mahamadou Issoufou, who is known as the “Zaki” or “Lion” in Hausa, came after he had ...

Kenyans are “experienced in stealing and perpetuating other crimes”, the president has said, during a state visit to Israel.Uhuru Kenyatta added that Kenya was “20 times more wonderful” than Israel, but “all we ever do is complain”. Check also:Deny your husbands sex if they don’t register to vote says Kenyan MP Kenyans were also abusers, and promoted tribalism, he said, ...