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The Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, in which 67 people were killed in an attack by al-Shabab militants, has reopened.

An Egyptian naval vessel has caught fire in the eastern Mediterranean during a clash with fighters affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Sinai Peninsula, the military said.

Tunisia has been a popular holiday destination for decades,but the attack in Sousse that killed 38 people has dealt a severe blow to the industry.

Rwanda has been ranked as Africa’s most efficient government followed by Mauritius and South Africa in the Global Competitive Report 2014-2015. 

The country was also ranked the 7th most efficient government globally. The latest report, released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Monday, put the small central African nation ahead of Malaysia, Switzerland and Luxembourg, which are placed 8th, 9th and 10th, respectively.

Other leaders in Africa Mauritius and South Africa were ranked 26th and 32nd globally respectively. The survey ranked the Qatar government as the most efficient, followed by Singapore and Finland in third place. “Rwanda’s strong showing in seventh position was secured thanks in large part to the low level of waste in government spending,” says WEF findings.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Anastase Shyaka, chief executive officer Rwanda Governance Board said Rwanda has put in much efforts towards promoting a transparent and accountable govern

Amateurish medical students cut off a baby’s penis partly, confusing it with the umbilical cord.

Kenya's trendy Westgate shopping mall will reopen on Saturday, nearly two years after gunmen from the Somali militant group al Shabaab massacred at least 67 people inside and held out for four days as security forces laid siege to the complex.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu is being treated in a hospital for a persistent infection, his representatives said.

A South African pastor last Sunday instructed his congregation to eat snakes and they obeyed.

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed new defence chiefs after sacking the heads of the army, navy and air force.

Two Morocco women have been acquitted of indecency charges after they went on trial for wearing short skirts, their lawyer says.

Chadian police have said anyone wearing a full-face veil will be arrested, a day after a Boko Haram suicide-carried out by an attacker disguised as a women wearing one-left 15 dead.

The likelihood of Kenya and Somalia resolving their maritime dispute out of court has been dashed after Somalia announced that it will be submitting documents to back its case to the United National International Court of Justice tomorrow (Monday).

Two hotels have been attacked in the Somali capital Mogadishu, followed by a sustained exchange of gunfire.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says the country is making a comeback. President Mohamud spoke ahead of the country’s July 1st Independence Day celebrations.

The first of thousands of British tourists are due to return home from Tunisia after a warning that another terror attack is "highly likely".

Guinean former military ruler Moussa Dadis Camara has been indicted for his role in a 2009 massacre in Conakry, his lawyer has told AFP news agency.

Ugandan police have arrested two presidential hopefuls, police and an aide of one of the politicians said.

“How are the mighty fallen, for Nigerian military which recorded great achievements in Burma, Zaire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Sudan now to be helped by Niger, Chad and Cameroon”. These words sum up President Muhammadu Buhari’s lamentations, yesterday, on the state of the military he inherited as he hosted a delegation of Bring Back Our Girls led by Dr. Oby Ezekwesili and Mrs. Mariam Uwaise.