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February 13, 2019

Activists: Sudan police arrest 14 academics in protests

Activists say Sudan's security forces have arrested more than a dozen academics who joined a protest outside Khartoum University in the Sudanese capital.

February 13, 2019

Nigeria's top candidates pledge a peaceful election

Nigeria's president and his top challenger in Saturday's election have signed a pledge of peace ahead of a vote marked by heated accusations that have alarmed some observers.

February 13, 2019

Egypt's Parliament to vote on extending president's term

Egypt's Parliament has begun deliberations over constitutional amendments that could allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to stay in office till 2034 — 12 more years after his current, second term expires in 2022.

February 13, 2019

Nigeria, other African countries in fight against fake news

In Nigeria fake news can be so outlandish, yet widely believed, that the president recently felt compelled to declare that he had not died and been replaced by a Sudanese body double.

February 12, 2019

Sinaloa cartel marches on after El Chapo arrest, conviction

Despite the arrest, extradition and now conviction of narco-lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, his Sinaloa cartel marches on — and the proof is in huge, multi-drug shipments detected on the border in recent weeks.

February 12, 2019

Belgian PM criticizes UN report on racism in Belgium

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel says he is baffled by a preliminary U.N. report that said racial discrimination against Africans "is endemic" in Belgium's institutions and that the nation needs to apologize for the crimes committed during its colonization of Congo.

February 12, 2019

Spain arrests 29 people for drug smuggling

Spanish police have arrested 29 people who they allege are involved in a drug trafficking ring.

February 12, 2019

Newborn baby pulled from storm drain in South Africa after being 'dumped'

Rescue workers in South Africa pulled a newborn baby from a storm drain in a four-hour operation that ended with whoops and cheers from onlookers.

February 12, 2019

Archaeologists discover ancient workshop in Egypt's Sinai

Egypt says archaeologists have uncovered an ancient workshop used to build and repair ships that dates back to the Ptolemaic era (332 B.C.-30 B.C.) in the Sinai Peninsula.

February 12, 2019

UN agency cites refugee 'surge' from new South Sudan clashes

The United Nations refugee agency says 13,000 people have fled renewed fighting and violence in parts of South Sudan in recent days, many into neighboring Congo.