World / Africa

Uganda's Museveni vows no national lockdown as Ebola cases rise 04 Nov 2022 - 09:29 pm

Kampala: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday reiterated his refusal to impose a nationwide Covid-like lockdown to contain the spread of Ebola despite...

Drought has killed 205 Kenyan elephants in 10 months, minister says 04 Nov 2022 - 02:53 pm

NAIROBI: Drought in Kenya killed 205 elephants and scores of other wildlife between February and October as much of East Africa endures its...

After Ethiopia truce, UN urges reparations for victims 03 Nov 2022 - 11:39 pm

GENEVA: The truce reached between Ethiopia's warring parties marks an "encouraging and bold step" towards peace, the UN rights chief said on Thursday,...

Guinea junta gives order to prosecute ex-president Conde 03 Nov 2022 - 04:39 pm

Conakry: Guinea's ruling junta on Thursday ordered prosecutors to take legal action against former president Alpha Conde, whom it overthrew in a 2021...

Multiple fires ravage Mount Kilimanjaro 03 Nov 2022 - 03:57 pm

Dar es Salaam: Multiple fires on Mount Kilimanjaro have ravaged vegetation and wildlife, Tanzania's Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said Thursday as hundreds of...

Uganda says Ebola outbreak death toll rises to 48 03 Nov 2022 - 03:09 pm

JOHANNESBURG: The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in Uganda has risen to 48, with 131 confirmed cases, a health official involved in...

Millions at risk of hunger in South Sudan: UN 03 Nov 2022 - 12:45 pm

Juba: Almost eight million people in South Sudan, or two thirds of the population in the deeply-troubled country, are at risk of hunger,...

Zimbabwe asks for public view on judges' wigs 02 Nov 2022 - 11:40 pm

Harare: Zimbabweans have been asked to help decide whether judges should stop the colonial tradition of wearing wigs and to suggest alternative headgear...

Ethiopia warring parties agree to truce deal 02 Nov 2022 - 08:37 pm

Pretoria: The warring sides in Ethiopia's devastating conflict have agreed on a truce, the African Union's mediator announced on Wednesday following marathon talks...

Tanzania deploys army to battle Mount Kilimanjaro fire 01 Nov 2022 - 08:16 pm

Dar es Salaam: Tanzania on Tuesday mobilised soldiers to reinforce civilian firefighters and volunteers stretched thin by a wildfire on Africa's highest peak,...

Gambia says it has not yet confirmed cough syrup as cause of child deaths 31 Oct 2022 - 10:14 pm

Banjul: Gambia has not yet confirmed that toxic cough syrup was the cause of the deaths of 70 children from acute kidney injury,...

Malawi cholera death toll rises to 180 31 Oct 2022 - 06:45 pm

Blantyre: The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Malawi accelerated to 180 from 110 in October, the minister of health said on...

DR Congo expels Rwandan ambassador as M23 rebels gain ground 30 Oct 2022 - 11:39 pm

Goma: The authorities in Kinshasa on Saturday announced they were expelling the Rwandan ambassador as M23 rebels they accuse Kigali of supporting made...

Death toll from Somalia twin bombings climbs to 100 30 Oct 2022 - 09:41 pm

Mogadishu: The number of people killed in twin car bombings in the Somali capital Mogadishu, claimed by Al-Shabaab Islamists, has risen to 100,...

Overcrowded stadium crush kills 11 people in Congolese capital 30 Oct 2022 - 08:00 pm

KINSHASA: Eleven people were killed on Saturday, including two police officers, in a crush at an overcrowded stadium concert in Kinshasa headlined by...

Kidnapped French-Australian environmentalist freed in Chad, president says 30 Oct 2022 - 07:40 pm

N'djamena: A conservationist with dual French and Australian citizenship has been freed after he was taken hostage in Chad earlier this week, interim...

Car bombs at Somali education ministry leave scores of casualties 29 Oct 2022 - 10:37 pm

Mogadishu: Two car bomb explosions at the education ministry in Somalia's capital Mogadishu killed or wounded scores of people on Saturday, police and...