World / Africa

Cyclone Freddy heads to Mozambique after killing 5 in Madagascar 22 Feb 2023 - 11:24 pm

Antananarivo: A powerful cyclone was barrelling towards Mozambique on Wednesday after battering Madagascar where it killed five people but left less devastation in...

Horn of Africa drought trends said worse than in 2011 famine 22 Feb 2023 - 07:08 pm

Nairobi: Trends in a historic Horn of Africa drought are now worse than they were during the 2011 drought in which at least...

Candidates battle for 'Buhari' votes in north Nigerian stronghold 22 Feb 2023 - 06:03 pm

Kano, Nigeria: When shoe salesman Haruna Abubakar voted for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 and again in 2019, he was one of more...

South Africa army defends controversial naval drills with Russia 22 Feb 2023 - 05:45 pm

Richards Bay, South Africa: South Africa's military on Wednesday defended its decision to host controversial naval exercises jointly staged with Russia and China...

Energy-starved South Africa offers tax breaks to boost green power 22 Feb 2023 - 05:31 pm

Pretoria: South Africa unveiled on Wednesday new tax incentives to encourage investment in the production of clean energy to help the country battle...

Tunisian rights group slams Saied's 'racist' migrant comments 22 Feb 2023 - 05:08 pm

Tunis: A prominent rights group accusedTunisian President Kais Saied of "racism and hate speech" on Wednesday after he vowed to crack down on...

South Africa quietly deepens power cuts to unprecedented level 22 Feb 2023 - 10:39 am

South Africa’s struggling state-owned utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. appears to have reached an unprecedented level of power cuts, indicated late Tuesday by...

Nigerians vote in most unpredictable election in years 22 Feb 2023 - 10:07 am

Lagos: Nigerians will vote for a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in an unprecedented race between three frontrunners battling to govern...

Algeria arrests four over dissident who fled to France 21 Feb 2023 - 10:51 pm

Algiers: Algerian authorities have placed four people in pre-trial detention over the "illegal" departure of wanted French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui, prosecutors said on...

Three UN peacekeepers killed in Mali blast 21 Feb 2023 - 06:29 pm

Dakar: Three UN peacekeepers were killed on Tuesday when their convoy struck a roadside bomb in jihadist-torn central Mali, the mission said, in...

Nigerian in alleged kidney harvest plot 'feared for his life' 21 Feb 2023 - 06:25 pm

London: A Nigerian street trader, who accuses the country's former deputy senate president of trying to harvest his kidney in the UK, told...

Nigeria's Tinubu rallies in Lagos powerbase before election 21 Feb 2023 - 04:58 pm

Lagos: Nigeria's ruling party candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday took the last lap of his presidential campaign to his Lagos power base,...

EU vows to boost investment in Kenya to strengthen ties 21 Feb 2023 - 04:50 pm

Nairobi: The European Union said Tuesday that it would increase its investments in Kenya by hundreds of millions of dollars, looking to bolster...

Botswana loses a third of rhino to poaching in five years 20 Feb 2023 - 11:44 pm

Gaborone: Botswana revealed on Monday that it suffered a huge spike in rhino poaching during five years up to 2021, translating to about...

Mauritius lashed by rains as intense Cyclone Freddy arrives 20 Feb 2023 - 07:59 pm

Port Louis: Mauritius cancelled flights and closed its stock exchange on Monday as an intense tropical cyclone approached the Indian Ocean island nation,...

AU says to organise Libya reconciliation conference 19 Feb 2023 - 11:25 pm

Addis Ababa: The African Union is organising a national reconciliation conference for Libya, AU Commission chief Moussa Faki Mahamat told AFP on Sunday,...

African Union vows 'zero tolerance' to undemocratic change 19 Feb 2023 - 10:04 pm

Addis Ababa: The African Union insisted on Sunday it had a "zero tolerance" policy towards unconstitutional change as it maintained its suspension of...