World / Africa

Suicide attack in Mogadishu injures at least 5 15 Dec 2016 - 01:24 pm

MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least five people have been wounded Thursday in a suicide car bomb attack targeting a Mogadishu restaurant regularly frequented by...

Abducted, brutalised, ruined: siblings survive the LRA 14 Dec 2016 - 11:52 pm

Gulu, Uganda: Lily Atong's anxious eyes fix on the sky where a helicopter gunship circles over her thatched hut, so low she must...

South Africa holds South Sudan rebel leader Machar as “guest” 13 Dec 2016 - 07:43 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar, who fled to Democratic Republic of Congo in August after fierce fighting, is being held in...

Hunger gnaws at host families in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria 13 Dec 2016 - 01:12 pm

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: When Boko Haram militants stormed Kaka Mohammed's hometown of Bama in northeast Nigeria two years ago and kidnapped one of her...

Kenya giving 'serious thought' to quitting ICC 12 Dec 2016 - 04:38 pm

Nairobi: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Monday his country was seriously thinking of quitting the International Criminal Court, after several other African nations...

S.Africa: Police officers face charges over 2012 deaths 12 Dec 2016 - 04:00 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Several senior police officers in South Africa are facing criminal charges for their alleged role in the deaths of 34 mine workers...

Death toll from Kenya tanker fireball hits 40 12 Dec 2016 - 01:49 pm

Nairobi: The death toll from a fireball caused by a crash involving a tanker carrying flammable materials rose to 40 Monday, as Kenya...

Death toll from Kenya tanker fireball hits 40 12 Dec 2016 - 01:47 pm

Nairobi: The death toll from a fireball caused by a crash involving a tanker carrying flammable materials rose to 40 Monday, as Kenya...

Forecasting, commodity futures, new crops needed to break Southern Africa’s cycle of hunger 11 Dec 2016 - 09:45 pm

ROME: Breaking the cycle of drought and hunger in Southern Africa, where 39 million people are suffering a drought-induced food crisis, will need...

African governments urged to help 3.5 million people uprooted from their homes in 2015 11 Dec 2016 - 09:28 pm

ADDIS ABABA: As many as 3.5 million people in Africa were uprooted from their homes in 2015 due to conflict and natural disasters...

Small girls stage suicide attack at market, 17 hurt 11 Dec 2016 - 02:42 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Two girls approximately seven or eight years old blew themselves up in a northeastern Nigerian market on Sunday, killing themselves and...

Over 200 killed in Nigeria church collapse 11 Dec 2016 - 02:25 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: At least 200 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds others injured in Saturday afternoon's collapse of a church in Nigeria’s...

Young Nigerian girls blow themselves up at market, hurt 'at least 17' 11 Dec 2016 - 02:02 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Two little girls approximately seven or eight years old blew themselves up in a northeastern Nigerian market on Sunday, killing themselves...

Nigeria church roof collapse leaves over 50 dead 11 Dec 2016 - 01:36 pm

Lagos: More than 50 people died when a church roof collapsed on worshippers in southeastern Nigeria on Saturday but fears mounted of a...

Over 30 dead as Kenya tanker crashes, explodes 11 Dec 2016 - 01:04 pm

Nairobi: More than 30 people died when a tanker carrying flammable materials crashed into other vehicles and burst into flames outside the town...

Car bomb blast in Somali capital kills 11 11 Dec 2016 - 12:35 pm

MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least 11 people have been kiled and over 10 injured after a car bomb targeted the seaport in the Somali...

Oil truck fireball kills at least 42 in central Kenya - aid worker 11 Dec 2016 - 12:14 pm

NAIVASHA, Kenya: A fireball from an oil lorry engulfed vehicles on one of Kenya's main highways, killing at least 42 people late on...

Gambia’s president-elect says loser Jammeh cannot reject polls 10 Dec 2016 - 06:04 pm

BANJUL: Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow said on Saturday the country’s outgoing leader Yahya Jammeh had no authority to reject the results of Dec.1....