February 21, 2019 2 killed in military helicopter crash in Algeria The Algerian defense ministry says a military helicopter crashed overnight in a remote area of the northwestern province of Tiaret, killing the two officers on board.
February 21, 2019 Recruitment of new soldiers threatens South Sudan's peace South Sudan's rival armed groups are forcefully recruiting civilians, including child soldiers, violating a fragile peace deal signed five months ago.
February 21, 2019 Indigo, ash and time mark Nigeria's centuries-old dye pits A little indigo, a handful of ash and time.
February 20, 2019 Denmark's Inger Andersen elected UN environment chief The U.N. General Assembly has elected Inger Andersen of Denmark as the new executive director of the United Nations Environment Program, which is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
February 20, 2019 16 killed in attack by suspected herdsmen in Nigeria An official in the central Nigerian state of Benue says 16 people have been killed in an attack apparently staged by herdsmen.
February 20, 2019 Zimbabwe launches new currency measure Zimbabwe, without its own currency for a decade, took steps to address its worsening economic crisis by allowing its surrogate currency, bond notes, to float against other major currencies, abandoning an official but artificial parity with the dollar.
February 20, 2019 South Africa to loan $5 billion to ailing state power firm South Africa's minister of finance says that the government will loan the troubled state power company, Eskom, 69 billion rand ($4.9 billion) to help it service its debts.
February 20, 2019 Moroccan police crack down on protesting teachers Moroccan police are firing water cannons at protesting teachers and beating people with truncheons amid demonstrations around the capital.
February 20, 2019 Ruling party endorses Uganda's Museveni for 6th term The highest decision-making body of Uganda's ruling party has endorsed longtime president Yoweri Museveni to be its nominee for president in the 2021 elections.
February 20, 2019 South Sudan rife with human rights abuses, says UN report A U.N. report says the "lawless" activities of South Sudan's national security and military intelligence risk turning the war-torn country into a police state run on fear and corruption.