World / Africa

Zimbabwe drops case against US journalist on Mugabe tweet 04 Jan 2018 - 01:15 pm

Harare: A Zimbabwean court on Thursday set aside a case against an American journalist who was charged with insulting then-president Robert Mugabe on...

Nigerians protest after deadly farmer-herder clash 03 Jan 2018 - 06:41 pm

Lagos: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said recent deadly clashes between farmers and herders were "wicked and callous" as hundreds took to...

Catholic Church fury in DR Congo after bloody crackdown 02 Jan 2018 - 08:25 pm

Kinshasa: The death toll from a crackdown on New Year's Eve demonstrations in Democratic Republic of Congo rose to 12, protestors said on...

400 Sudan refugees back home from Central Africa: UNHCR 02 Jan 2018 - 05:34 pm

KHARTOUM: More than 400 Sudanese refugees have returned home from the Central African Republic (CAR) since Dec. 12, according to the UNHCR, the...

Violence left over 430 people dead in 2017 in Libya 02 Jan 2018 - 12:46 pm

TRIPOLI, Libya: A total of 433 people, including 79 children and 10 women, were killed during violence in Libya in 2017, according to...

Internet restored in DR Congo after deadly protests 02 Jan 2018 - 12:29 pm

Kinshasa: Internet was restored in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday after the government cut services for three days on the eve...

Algeria breast cancer survivors shunned as 'half-women' 02 Jan 2018 - 11:04 am

Algiers: As if losing a breast to cancer was not traumatic enough, Algerian mother-of-three Linda was then spurned by her husband for being...

Mali president eyes amnesties under 'national consensus' law 01 Jan 2018 - 05:58 pm

Bamako: Mali will adopt a law on "national consensus" that may amnesty rebels who took part in a revolt in 2012, President Ibrahim...

Toll in Boko Haram attack on loggers rises to 25 01 Jan 2018 - 10:23 am

Kano, Nigeria: The number of loggers killed in a Boko Haram attack in northeast Nigeria has risen to 25 following the discovery of...

Suicide bomber kills one, wounds 28 in Cameroon 01 Jan 2018 - 09:44 am

Yaounde: A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a cafe in Cameroon's far north region, killing at least one person and wounding...

Shots fired, mass dispersed with tear gas in Dr Congo 31 Dec 2017 - 12:14 pm

Kinshasa: Security forces fired shots in the air and dispersed a mass with tear gas Sunday in the Congolese capital Kinshasa, where the...

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...