World / Africa

Gunmen kill four police in central Nigeria 16 Apr 2018 - 05:19 pm

Makurdi, Nigeria: Gunmen have killed four police personnel in central Nigeria's Benue state, police said on Monday, in the latest flare-up in an...

17 killed in clashes between UN and militia in C.African capital 11 Apr 2018 - 03:32 pm

Bangui, Central African Republic: Seventeen people and a UN peacekeeper were killed Tuesday in clashes in a Muslim enclave of Bangui, capital of...

8 Cameroon athletes missing at Commonwealth Games 11 Apr 2018 - 12:56 pm

GOLD COAST, Cameroon officials say eight of their athletes at the Commonwealth Games have gone missing from the athletes village, with two failing...

Military plane with 100 on board crashes in Algeria 11 Apr 2018 - 12:40 pm

Algiers, Algeria: An Algerian plane with around 100 army personnel on board crashed on Wednesday shortly after taking off from an airbase outside...

Central African Republic demonstrators lay corpses in front of UN mission 11 Apr 2018 - 11:43 am

BANGUI, Hundreds of angry demonstrators on Wednesday laid the bodies of at least nine people killed in recent clashes in Central African Republic's...

Algerian military plane with more than 100 on board crashes, several dead-local media, witness 11 Apr 2018 - 11:37 am

ALGIERS, An Algerian military plane crashed on Wednesday near Boufarik airport near the capital Algiers, killing several people, local media and a witness...

14 hurt in new fires at Nigerian camp for displaced people 10 Apr 2018 - 03:16 pm

Kano, Nigeria: At least 14 people sustained burns in a fresh outbreak of fires at a camp housing tens of thousands of people...

Nigeria's Buhari to run for re-election: official 09 Apr 2018 - 03:44 pm

Abuja: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari declared Monday he would seek re-election next year, in a move that put an end to months of...

Six killed in Ghana gold mining site collapse: company 08 Apr 2018 - 01:03 pm

Accra: Six miners were killed and two injured when the roof of a tunnel collapsed at a gold mining site operated by US-based...

In mourning, South Africa defends Winnie Mandela as a hero 04 Apr 2018 - 06:14 pm

Johannesburg: In life, Winnie Mandela was known as a brave anti-apartheid activist whose reputation was badly tainted by criminal convictions and thuggish gang...

Mass grave found in central Mali, new Amnesty report says 03 Apr 2018 - 02:41 pm

DAKAR, Senegal: Amnesty International says a mass grave has been discovered in central Mali days after arrests by the military and as attacks...

Mandela and his three wives: Evelyn, Winnie and Graca 02 Apr 2018 - 08:43 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela ducked out of an arranged marriage when he was a student, then went on to wed three times. His first...

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, 'mother', then 'mugger', of new South Africa of post-Apartheid 02 Apr 2018 - 07:05 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Hailed as mother of the 'new' South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's legacy as an anti-apartheid heroine was undone when she was revealed to...

Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie Mandela dies at 81 02 Apr 2018 - 06:55 pm

Johannesburg: Winnie Mandela, the former wife of South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, died on Monday aged 81, triggering an outpouring of tributes...

18 killed in Boko Haram attack on Nigerian army base, villages 02 Apr 2018 - 01:02 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Boko Haram fighters attacked a military base and two surrounding villages near the flashpoint Nigerian city of Maiduguri overnight, killing at...

New president looks to wean Botswana off dependence on diamonds 01 Apr 2018 - 12:40 pm

GABORONE: Botswana's new president, sworn in on Sunday as the landlocked country's fifth post-colonial leader, said he would give priority to tackling youth...