World / Africa

At least 40 killed in strike on Tripoli migrant detention centre: Official 03 Jul 2019 - 10:20 am

Tripoli: An air strike late on Tuesday hit a detention centre for mainly African migrants in a suburb of the Libyan capital of ...

Gunmen kill 16 in attack on Niger military camp 02 Jul 2019 - 12:05 pm

NIAMEY, Unidentified gunmen have killed 16 soldiers in an attack on a military camp in western Niger, local residents and security sources said...

Ivory Coast to eliminate illegal cocoa output to control supply 01 Jul 2019 - 04:30 pm

Abidjan: Ivory Coast plans to stamp out illegal cocoa production from national parks and forest reserves over the next five years to control...

DRC targets militia in 'large-scale' army operation 30 Jun 2019 - 02:47 pm

Kinshasa: Democratic Republic of Congo's leader said Sunday he had ordered the army to launch a "large-scale" operation against armed groups in the...

Togo votes in first local elections in over 30 years 30 Jun 2019 - 02:13 pm

Lome: Voting began Sunday in Togo's first local elections in 32 years -- during which a single family has ruled the West African...

Twin attacks threaten new Ethiopian government's reforms 28 Jun 2019 - 08:52 pm

BAHIR DAR, Ethiopia: The Baklaba and Cake cafe was heaving with customers when truck-loads of heavily armed men in fatigues rolled up across...

Amid Ethiopia unrest, Amhara political party spokesman arrested 28 Jun 2019 - 07:04 pm

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian authorities on Friday arrested the spokesman of a political party promoting the interests of the Amhara ethnic group, the party...

Mass arrests in Ethiopia after coup bid 27 Jun 2019 - 06:06 pm

Addis Ababa: Ethiopian security forces on Thursday rounded up scores of suspects believed to have links to a coup bid in northern Amhara...

Suicide blast targets police on Tunisia capital's main avenue: police 27 Jun 2019 - 01:36 pm

Tunis: A suicide attack targeted police on the main street of Tunisia's capital on Thursday morning, wounding a civilian and several police personnel,...

Ethiopia: 37 killed in another region after coup attempt 26 Jun 2019 - 05:54 pm

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: Thirty-seven people were killed in an attack Sunday in Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz region, the governor said Wednesday. Benishangul-Gumuz borders the Amhara...

Ethiopia mourns murdered army chief after northern 'coup' bid 25 Jun 2019 - 08:11 pm

Addis Ababa: Ethiopian military and religious leaders on Tuesday condemned the assassinations of the army chief and other top officials at an emotional...

Mauritania cracks down on two opposition parties after election 25 Jun 2019 - 05:23 pm

Nouakchott: Mauritanian police raided the headquarters of two opposition parties, closing one of them amid high tension followed a disputed outcome to presidential...

Five questions on the crisis in Ethiopia 25 Jun 2019 - 09:04 am

Addis Ababa: Ethiopia's army chief, the president of Amhara state and three other top officials have been killed in two separate attacks. While...

Plotter of failed Ethiopia coup killed, 182 others arrested 25 Jun 2019 - 08:59 am

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: The Ethiopian army general accused of leading a failed coup in a restive northern region was killed Monday in a...

Ethiopia says plotter of failed coup is killed by military 24 Jun 2019 - 04:07 pm

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: The Ethiopian army brigadier general accused of leading a failed coup against a regional government has been killed in a...

Wall collapses killing six street children in Uganda 24 Jun 2019 - 11:03 am

Kampala, Six street children who were sleeping in a storm drain next to an elite school in the Ugandan capital have been killed...

Opposition cry foul over Mauritania ruling party victory 24 Jun 2019 - 09:45 am

Nouakchott: Mauritania's ruling party candidate Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has won the presidential election with 52 percent of the vote, the electoral commission announced...