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Airlink says the manoeuvre with two planes in close formation involved careful and precise planning.
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Latest Iranian state television visuals showed what it said were ballistic missiles being fired by Iran at US bases in Jordan in response to the American strikes.
Passengers at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport faced long delays on Sunday after Kenyan air traffic controllers and airport staff resumed a strike.
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune says he is not ruling out foul play after 100 wildfires were recorded.
Ballot counting begins in military-run Guinea-Bissau after voting ended in a referendum that could expand the president's powers, ahead of a general election later this year aimed at restoring civilian rule.
Life in Niamey returned to normal on Sunday, one day after Niger’s military regime put down a mutiny by soldiers.
Libya’s rival administrations agreed on Sunday to hold elections within the next two years with a view to reunifying the country.
Soldiers tried to attack a key military base early on Saturday morning, authorities say, but were thwarted.
Voters in Guinea-Bissau went to the polls on Sunday to vote on a proposed constitutional amendment. The changes would expand the president’s powers, including giving him the right to appoint and dismiss the prime minister.
A small but growing body of men in Lesotho are successfully challenging traditional gender roles and becoming professional midwives.
UNESCO recognition of Sao Tome and Principe's historic plantations is boosting efforts to restore the colonial-era buildings and find new uses for them.
Volunteers have mobilised to provide essential supplies to families displaced by wildfires in Jijel province, northeastern Algeria.
Mundubile had previously gone into hiding at a United Nations building in Zambia's capital.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has begun vaccinating people against Ebola in Kisangani, as the country battles an outbreak that has been affecting the country since mid-May.
A minibus carrying churchgoers collided head-on with a truck in central Zimbabwe, killing at least 27 people, police said Saturday, in the latest deadly road crash to hit the country.
Former West Ham forward Michail Antonio is helping players from a Ghana academy, who have travelled to England in the hope of turning pro.
Dozens of soldiers were killed or arrested after a group of young troops attempted a mutiny in Niger’s capital in what was seen as a major threat to the country’s ruling junta, according to a state television broadcast and analysts.
World champions South Africa deliver a powerful first-half performance as they edge past New Zealand and level 'Rugby's Greatest Rivalry' series at 1-1.
Opposition groups in the DR Congo have rejected President Felix Tshisekedi’s offer of a national dialogue aimed at reconciling the conflict-wracked country.
The US Treasury Department is due to cut off a major Egyptian bank's operations in the United Arab Emirates from the US financial system, an official said Friday, as Washington pushes to choke Iran off economically.
Niger’s military says it’s “gradually regaining control” after a mutiny at an army base near the international airport in Niamey.
