World / Africa

36 dead in central Kenya bus crash 31 Dec 2017 - 12:03 pm

Nairobi: Thirty-six people were killed and 11 injured early Sunday morning in a head-on collision between a bus and a lorry on a...

Shots fired, mass dispersed with tear gas in Kinshasa 31 Dec 2017 - 10:53 am

Kinshasa: Security forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo fired shots in the air and dispersed a mass with tear gas in central...

Thousands gather in Togo to protest president 31 Dec 2017 - 10:21 am

Lome: Tens of thousands of demonstrators thronged the streets of the Togolese capital on Saturday, the latest in a series of mass protests...

Boko Haram kills four loggers in NE Nigeria 31 Dec 2017 - 10:10 am

Kano, Nigeria: Boko Haram fighters opened fire on a group of loggers in a remote village in northeast Nigeria on Saturday, killing four...

30 dead in central Kenya bus crash 31 Dec 2017 - 10:04 am

Nairobi, Thirty people were killed and 16 injured early Sunday morning in a head-on collision between a bus and a lorry on a...

Zambia president orders military to help fight cholera spread 30 Dec 2017 - 10:56 am

LUSAKA, Zambian President Edgar Lungu has directed the military to help fight the spread of cholera, which has killed 41 people in the...

Football stars, Liberians hail George Weah's presidential victory 29 Dec 2017 - 05:39 pm

Monrovia: International football stars and Liberians on Friday celebrated George Weah's presidential victory in the West African country's first democratic transfer of power...

S.African parliament failed to hold Zuma to account: top court 29 Dec 2017 - 01:45 pm

Johannesburg: South Africa's top court on Friday ruled that parliament failed to hold embattled President Jacob Zuma accountable for using state funds to...

Soccer star’s backers say poised for victory in Liberian vote 28 Dec 2017 - 04:55 pm

MONROVIA: Backers of soccer star George Weah said on Thursday he was poised to declare victory in Liberia’s presidential election after their data...

Three soldiers killed in central Mali mine blast 28 Dec 2017 - 04:27 pm

Bamako: Three soldiers were killed in central Mali on Thursday by a mine blast as they hunted for suspected jihadist fighters, the army...

Innovative medical aid for Gabon's 'poorest of the poor' 28 Dec 2017 - 08:21 am

Libreville, "Here you're in the heart of precarious living," one of Gabon's first medical responders says in Kolo Ngoum, a grubby shanty suburb...

Liberians await presidential election results as vote count begins 27 Dec 2017 - 05:33 pm

MONROVIA: Liberian election officials began tallying votes on Wednesday from Tuesday’s presidential election, as Liberians awaited results that should usher in the country’s...

US forces kill 13 Shabaab militants in air strike 27 Dec 2017 - 03:04 pm

Nairobi: The United States carried out an air strike on Christmas Eve against the Shabaab Islamist group that left 13 dead, according to...

Turning e-waste into art at Ghana's toxic dump 27 Dec 2017 - 08:42 am

Accra, Joseph Awuah-Darko sits on a stool at one of the world's largest electronic waste dumps, watching polystyrene and insulation cables burn on...

Gunmen kill 10 villagers in northern Nigeria: officials 26 Dec 2017 - 02:44 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Gunmen have killed 10 people in attacks on two Christian-dominated villages in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna, a hotbed of...

Liberia, scarred by war and Ebola 26 Dec 2017 - 12:31 pm

Monrovia: Liberia, which elects a new president in a run-off on Tuesday, is an English-speaking nation in West Africa that still bears the...

Tunisian schoolgirls rebel against having to wear uniform 26 Dec 2017 - 08:10 am

Bizerte, Tunisia, In Tunisian high schools, the dress code is not uniform. Actually, it is: but only for girls. Boys can wear what...

Liberia's Howard-Taylor: the Jewel in George Weah's crown 25 Dec 2017 - 12:48 pm

Monrovia, Liberian presidential candidate George Weah's running mate Jewel Howard-Taylor began life in politics as first lady to former warlord leader Charles Taylor,...