World / Africa

HRW calls on DRC to search for kidnapped UN workers 26 Mar 2017 - 10:47 am

ARU, Democratic republic of Congo: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Democratic Republic of Congo government to fully cooperate with the...

Flooding kills 11 in Angola 23 Mar 2017 - 02:05 pm

Luanda: Floods in Angola have killed at least eleven people and left thousands homeless after the country was hit by torrential rain, rescuers...

10 killed in clashes between Somali army and al-Shabaab 23 Mar 2017 - 01:00 pm

MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least 10 people were killed and several others injured in fierce fighting between Somali government forces and al-Shabaab militants early...

Three killed as suicide blasts rock migrant camp in Nigeria 22 Mar 2017 - 02:30 pm

Kano, Nigeria: At least four suicide bomb blasts rocked a camp for migrants fleeing Boko Haram insurgents in restive northeastern Nigeria Wednesday, killing...

Water carriers in Madagascar bear brunt of global crisis 22 Mar 2017 - 02:22 pm

Antananarivo: As usual, they get up before dawn and, one by one, place their cans in a neat row at the base of...

Seven killed in Somalian car bombing 22 Mar 2017 - 11:24 am

MOGADISHU, Somalia: Seven people were killed in a suicide attack in the Somalian capital Mogadishu late Tuesday, an official said. Soldiers and civilians...

Multiple bomb blasts rock migrant camp in Nigeria: officials 22 Mar 2017 - 10:47 am

Kano, Nigeria: Suicide bomb blasts rocked a camp for migrants who have fled Boko Haram insurgents near Nigeria's restive northeastern city of Maiduguri...

Scores killed and injured in Mogadishu car bombing 22 Mar 2017 - 10:30 am

Mogadishu: A deadly car bomb blast targeting a security checkpoint near the Presidential Palace in the Somali capital has killed at least ten...

For Ugandan children, hunger and HIV make a deadly mix 22 Mar 2017 - 09:09 am

KATAKWI, Uganda: Seven-year-old Esther Agutti weighs 7 kilos - a third of the weight of the average child her age. She has been...

Cameroon forcing thousands of refugees to return to Boko Haram-hit Nigeria 21 Mar 2017 - 04:20 pm

DAKAR: Cameroon is forcing thousands of Nigerian refugees uprooted by the jihadist group Boko Haram to go home against their will, despite a...

Droughts in NE Uganda to worsen, says WFP report 21 Mar 2017 - 11:20 am

KAMPALA, Uganda: A new weather pattern threatens to worsen food insecurity in Uganda’s northeastern Karamoja region, according to a report. The Ugandan government...

Hunger kills at least 26 in Somalia's Jubbaland region 21 Mar 2017 - 10:25 am

MOGADISHU: At least 26 people died from hunger in the semi-autonomous Jubbaland region of southern Somalia in just a day an a half,...

Plane crashes at South Sudan airport, several people injured 20 Mar 2017 - 05:24 pm

JUBA: A plane belonging to a small South Sudanese airline crash-landed at the airport of the northwestern town of Wau on Monday, injuring...

Zimbabwe appeals for millions after deadly floods 20 Mar 2017 - 02:21 pm

HARARE, Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe on Monday officially launched an appeal for almost $189 million to help victims of recent deadly flooding. Extreme weather has...

Falling tree kills at least 18 at Ghana waterfall 20 Mar 2017 - 01:59 pm

ACCRA: At least 18 people were killed when a large tree fell into the pool they were bathing in at the base of...

Ghana: 18 dead after tree falls at waterfall 20 Mar 2017 - 01:33 pm

ACCRA, Ghana: At least 18 people have died at a popular tourist site in Ghana after a tree at the top of a...

Mass graves in central Congo bear witness to growing violence 20 Mar 2017 - 11:18 am

TSHIMBULU, Democratic Republic of Congo: The increasingly brutal nature of fighting in central Congo between the army and local militia is on vivid...