World / Africa

Eritrea President arrives in Ethiopia for state visit 14 Jul 2018 - 10:36 am

Addis Ababa: Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki arrived in Ethiopia on Saturday for a historic visit to cement peace less than a week after...

Cameroon minister ambushed in restive region, 'assailants killed' 13 Jul 2018 - 12:50 pm

Yaoundé: A convoy transporting Cameroon's Defence Minister Joseph Beti Assomo was ambushed in the country's restive anglophone region, leaving several attackers dead, state...

Cameroon calls video showing women shot dead propaganda 12 Jul 2018 - 09:42 pm

YAOUNDE: Cameroon's military on Thursday denied its soldiers were involved in a video that appears to show women with small children being blindfolded...

UN chief to meet Ethiopia's PM on Monday after peace deal with Eritrea 09 Jul 2018 - 11:15 am

ADDIS ABABA: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday, a day after he agreed with neighbour Eritrea...

South Africa releases Zuma's son on bail after corruption charges 09 Jul 2018 - 10:28 am

JOHANNESBURG: Duduzane Zuma, the son of former South African president Jacob Zuma, was released on bail after appearing in court in leg-irons on...

Nine police killed in attack in western Tunisia: Report 08 Jul 2018 - 03:12 pm

Tunis: Nine members of Tunisia's security forces were killed on Sunday in an attack in the west of the country, close to the...

With hugs, leaders of rivals Ethiopia, Eritrea finally meet 08 Jul 2018 - 11:17 am

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: With laughter and hugs, the leaders of longtime rivals Ethiopia and Eritrea met for the first time in nearly two...

Angola court acquits journalists of insulting the state 06 Jul 2018 - 08:55 pm

Luanda: Two Angolan journalists were acquitted by a judge on Friday over an article of accusing a former attorney general of corruption, in...

Ethiopia fires senior prison officials for abuses as reform wave rolls on 05 Jul 2018 - 10:13 am

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia fired five senior prison officials, hours before the release of a Human Rights Watch report that detailed torture and other...

Burundi school ban on expectant teens skewed against girls' education 04 Jul 2018 - 07:34 pm

NAIROBI: Burundi's ban on pregnant girls and expectant teen fathers attending school is not only a violation against children's right to education, but...

Tens of thousands of Kenyans go hungry after floods 04 Jul 2018 - 07:16 pm

NAIROBI: Tens of thousands of survivors of Kenya's worst floods in recent years are living on the brink with barely enough food to...

South Africa's urban poor call for land reform 04 Jul 2018 - 07:10 pm

NAIROBI: As South Africa plans to expropriate land from white farmers, slum dwellers are also hungry for land reform, experts said, as protests,...

Kenyan county governor arrested on corruption charges 04 Jul 2018 - 11:39 am

NAIROBI, A Kenyan county governor was arrested on corruption charges on Wednesday, the national anti-graft agency said, part of a crackdown that has...

Drug use in Kenya's coast communities up as West-bound heroin flows through 03 Jul 2018 - 08:49 pm

NAIROBI: Heroin use is increasing in Kenya's coastal communities as international traffickers use them as a transit point for drugs bound from Afghanistan...

Ethiopia set to remove 3 armed groups from terror list 30 Jun 2018 - 06:25 pm

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: Ethiopia's cabinet has passed a resolution to remove three armed groups from a terror list as part of sweeping reforms...

Ugandans protest surge in violence against women 30 Jun 2018 - 03:53 pm

Kampala: Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of Uganda's capital Saturday demanding police action to stop a spate of kidnappings and murders...

Militants attack African military base in Mali, at least six dead 30 Jun 2018 - 09:52 am

BAMAKO: Militants armed with rockets and explosives raided the headquarters of an African military taskforce in central Mali, leaving at least six people...