World / Africa

South Africa delays COVID vaccine deliveries as inoculations slow 24 Nov 2021 - 12:39 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa has asked Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer to delay delivery of COVID-19 vaccines because it now has too much stock,...

West Africa has highest numbers of child soldiers, says UN 23 Nov 2021 - 02:43 pm

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso: Trapped in conflicts, the children of West and Central Africa are the most recruited by armed groups in the world...

After a century and a half, Ethiopian artefacts return home 22 Nov 2021 - 02:20 pm

ADDIS ABABA: After a century and a half hidden in private collections, 13 stolen Ethiopian artefacts have finally returned home following months of...

Blinken encourages Tunisia reform in talks with leader 21 Nov 2021 - 05:48 pm

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken encouraged Tunisia's leader to make reforms to respond to Tunisians' hopes for "democratic progress", the U.S. State...

Blinken eyes African crises, says continent must reform 20 Nov 2021 - 05:53 pm

ABUJA, Nigeria:U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday called on African nations to heed warnings posed by crises inEthiopiaand Sudan, take seriously...

Triple suicide bombers in Uganda capital kill three civilians, wound dozens 16 Nov 2021 - 03:18 pm

Kampala: Three suicide bombers in the heart of Uganda's capital killed at least three civilians and sent parliamentarians rushing for cover as nearby...

Guinea starts vaccinating children against COVID-19 with Pfizer, Moderna 10 Nov 2021 - 02:22 pm

CONAKRY: Guinea will begin vaccinating children aged 12-17 against COVID-19 with a consignment of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines on Wednesday, the health ministry...

South Africa investigates seal deaths along Cape coast 09 Nov 2021 - 03:42 pm

CAPE TOWN: South African officials are investigating an alarming rise in seal deaths along the west coast near Cape Town, with malnutrition one...

Sudan activists reject power-sharing with army, call strikes 06 Nov 2021 - 04:21 pm

KHARTOUM, Sudan:Sudan’s protest movement has rejected internationally backed initiatives to return to a power-sharing arrangement with the military after last month’s coup, announcing...

Oil tanker explodes in Sierra Leone, killing at least 92 06 Nov 2021 - 02:50 pm

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone:An oil tanker exploded near Sierra Leone's capital, killing at least 92 people and severely injuring dozens of others after large...

Fuel tanker blast in Sierra Leone capital kills at least 91, says morgue 06 Nov 2021 - 12:51 pm

Ninety-one people were killed in the capital ofSierraLeone on Friday when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, the central morgue and local...

Death toll in Nigeria building collapse rises to 43 05 Nov 2021 - 05:00 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: Seven more bodies have been recovered from a high-rise apartment building that collapsed while under construction in Lagos, bringing the death...

Nigeria building collapse deaths climb to 36, dozens missing 04 Nov 2021 - 03:18 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: The number of bodies recovered from a collapsed high-rise apartment building in Nigeria’s most populous city has risen to 36, an...

Nigeria races to find survivors as 22 die in building collapse 03 Nov 2021 - 12:16 pm

LAGOS: Rescuers in Nigeria on Wednesday raced to find survivors, two days after a high-rise building under construction collapsed and trapped scores of...

Ethiopia declares state of emergency as Tigrayan forces gain ground 02 Nov 2021 - 07:38 pm

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after forces from the northern region of Tigray said they were gaining territory...

Six dead, scores missing in Nigeria after collapse of high-rise 02 Nov 2021 - 04:22 pm

ABUJA: At least six people have died in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos after the collapse of a luxurious high-rise building that was...

Several workers trapped under collapsed highrise in Nigeria -witnesses 01 Nov 2021 - 08:51 pm

LAGOS`- A luxury residential highrise under construction in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos collapsed on Monday, trapping several workers under a pile of concrete...

S.Africa's Transnet shuts down fuel pipeline after fire, three dead 31 Oct 2021 - 03:35 pm

Johannesburg: South Africa's state-owned logistics firm Transnet said on Sunday its petroleum pipeline in Durban has been shut down after a fire that...