World / Africa

UN warns some 25 million Sudanese risk famine without more donations 12 Sep 2024 - 08:48 pm

ROME: The World Food Program needs better access to people at risk of starvation in Sudan and more money from the crisis-weary West...

Mpox deaths rise by 107 in a week as Africa CDC calls the toll unacceptable 12 Sep 2024 - 08:24 pm

NAIROBI: African countries recorded more than 100 mpox-related deaths in the past week, the continental health body said on Thursday as it described...

Nigeria floods kill 30, displace 400,000: rescuers 11 Sep 2024 - 09:07 pm

Maiduguri: Severe flooding in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri has claimed at least 30 lives and forced 400,000 people from their homes,...

Striking Kenya airport staff to resume work 11 Sep 2024 - 07:57 pm

Nairobi: Employees at Kenya's main airport called off their day-long strike which had stranded thousands of passengers as scores of flights were cancelled...

Kenya airport strike disrupts flights 11 Sep 2024 - 10:29 am

Nairobi: Passengers were left stranded at Kenya's main airport on Wednesday as staff went on strike over a planned takeover by an Indian...

Dam collapse in Nigeria sweeps deadly reptiles into flooded communities 10 Sep 2024 - 07:19 pm

ABUJA, Nigeria: A dam collapsed Tuesday in northeastern Nigeria unleashing severe flooding that prompted evacuations and swept deadly reptiles from a zoo into...

First doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrive in Congo 10 Sep 2024 - 04:34 pm

Kinshasa, Congo: Authorities in Congo said that 50,000 doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrived in the country on Tuesday, a...

Libyan city Derna scarred by disaster tries to rebuild a year after deadly flooding 10 Sep 2024 - 04:06 pm

Derna, Libya: A year since two dams burst upstream from the eastern Libyan city of Derna, unleashing a wall of water that swept...

Ugandan athlete Cheptegei's attacker dies in hospital 10 Sep 2024 - 11:18 am

Nairobi: The man who attacked Ugandan runner RebeccaCheptegei has died from injuries sustained when he poured petrol over the Olympic athlete, the Kenyan...

Chad flooding leaves 341 dead, 1.5 million affected: UN 09 Sep 2024 - 08:53 pm

N'Djamena: Weeks of severe flooding in Chad have left 341 people dead and some 1.5 million affected since July, the United Nations said...

Flooding kills more than a dozen people in Morocco and Algeria 09 Sep 2024 - 04:26 pm

Rabat, Morocco: Torrential downpours hit North Africa's normally arid mountains and deserts over the weekend, causing flooding that killed more than a dozen...

Fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria kills at least 59 09 Sep 2024 - 04:18 pm

Lagos: A fuel tanker exploded after colliding with a truck carrying passengers and cattle in northern Nigeria, killing at least 59 people, a...

Kenya starts DNA testing for school fire victims 09 Sep 2024 - 02:48 pm

Nairobi: Distraught parents gathered on Monday at a hospital in central Kenya for DNA tests to identify the victims of a deadly school...

'We won't negotiate': Ethiopia PM issues warning over sovereignty 08 Sep 2024 - 11:32 pm

Nairobi: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed warned on Sunday that his country would "humiliate" any nation that threatens its sovereignty, as tensions spiral...

Fuel tanker collision in Nigeria caused explosion; killed at least 48 people 08 Sep 2024 - 10:27 pm

Abuja: A fuel tanker collided head-on with another truck in Nigeria on Sunday causing an explosion that killed at least 48 people, the...

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is elected to serve second term in Algeria 08 Sep 2024 - 08:28 pm

Algiers: Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has secured a new term following Saturday's presidential election. Mohamed Charfi, head of Algeria's Independent Election Authority, announced...