Survivors from a boat that foundered off Libya’s coast on Tuesday said about 50 people who had embarked with them were feared dead, while the coastguard said the number of missing might be as high as 100.
In Ghana a restaurant that serves largely entrepreneurs and business owners has opened in the country’s capital Accra, and only organic beverages and food are served customers who usually sit to talk business.
Two teenage girls wearing explosive vests were shot dead by soldiers in a town in north eastern Nigeria just days after a blast killed 14 worshippers, militia sources told AFP on Tuesday.
The President of Tanzania, John Magufuli has in a historic move held a meeting with his main political opponent, Edward Lowassa at the state House in Dar es Salaam.
Rwanda is often touted as an example of what African states could achieve if only they were better governed. Out of the ashes of a horrific genocide, President Paul Kagame has resuscitated the economy, curtailed corruption and maintained political stability.
