World / Africa

Violence and vuvuzelas as split Kenya reacts to Uhuru Kenyatta's second term win 12 Aug 2017 - 01:59 am

Kisumu, Kenya: Immediately after news broke that President Uhuru Kenyatta had been re-elected as Kenya's president, people took to the streets across the...

South Africa president Jacob Zuma survives no-confidence motion again 08 Aug 2017 - 10:00 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South African President Jacob Zuma again survived a no-confidence vote in parliament Tuesday in the most serious attempt yet to unseat him...

Drugged and dragged into conflict, Congolese children suffer ‘terrible abuse’ 07 Aug 2017 - 09:48 pm

DAKAR: Children in conflict-ravaged central Democratic Republic of Congo are suffering ‘terrible acts of abuse’, having been forced into armed groups, drugged and...

Escalating violence hinders aid operations in northern Mali 07 Aug 2017 - 09:17 pm

DAKAR: Escalating militia violence and a surge in attacks on aid workers in northern Mali are restricting the delivery of food and healthcare...

Kenyans flee Nairobi in fear of poll violence 06 Aug 2017 - 02:13 am

Nairobi: At the Machakos bus station in Nairobi, hundreds of people are bumping into each other, tickets held firmly on one hand, the...

Mauritania awaits results of contentious referendum on Senate 06 Aug 2017 - 02:13 am

Nouakchott: Counting began on Saturday in Mauritania after a referendum on constitutional changes sought by President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who derided the...

Rwandans celebrate Kagame’s record 98% election landslide 06 Aug 2017 - 12:49 am

Kigali: Rwandans yesterday celebrated the third term victory of President Paul Kagame who pledged to continue transforming the nation after winning re-election with...

Rwanda’s Kagame wins third presidential term by a landslide 05 Aug 2017 - 12:14 pm

KIGALI: Incumbent leader Paul Kagame has swept to a landslide victory in Rwanda’s presidential election, results showed early on Saturday, securing a third...

Al Qaeda releases South African kidnapped in Mali in 2011 04 Aug 2017 - 01:46 am

PRETORIA: A South African tourist who was kidnapped in 2011 by al Qaeda while travelling in Mali has been released and is back...

Opposition cries foul as Senegal holds tense vote 31 Jul 2017 - 02:15 am

Dakar: Senegal voted in a tense general election Sunday, with ex-president Abdoulaye Wade accusing his successor of engineering problems with the ballot to...

Car bomb blast in Somalia's capital: Police 30 Jul 2017 - 12:05 pm

MOGADISHU: A car bomb went off on a busy street in the Somali capital on Sunday, sending huge cloud of smoke into the...

AIDS burdens Zimbabwe’s old with orphans and illness 29 Jul 2017 - 09:46 pm

NORTON, Zimbabwe: Jabulani Zilawe lost all 11 of his children to AIDS. Now he is the only one left to care for their...

Boko Haram ambush death toll hits 69 29 Jul 2017 - 06:04 pm

Kano, Nigeria: At least 69 people are known to have died in a Boko Haram ambush of an oil exploration team in northeast...

South Africans protest in solidarity with Al-Aqsa 26 Jul 2017 - 07:06 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Thousands of people marched Wednesday in Cape Town to condemn Israel’s recent restrictions on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, which is sacred...

South Sudan sexual violence on 'massive scale,' report says 24 Jul 2017 - 08:08 pm

WAU, South Sudan: It's been five months since the shy, frail 13-year-old was snatched from his bed, drugged and raped in the middle...

Investigation begins into Senegal football stadium disaster 17 Jul 2017 - 09:18 pm

Dakar: Senegalese prosecutors on Monday announced the opening of a judicial enquiry into a stadium tragedy, as a local team whose fans were...

South African watchdog says Zuma should open graft probe 14 Jul 2017 - 10:04 am

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s anti-graft watchdog wants President Jacob Zuma to comply with an order by her predecessor and appoint a judge to investigate...