World / Africa

Police raid Ugandan mosque; arrest 18 27 Dec 2016 - 10:45 pm

Uganda Police has confirmed the arrest of 18 people found at Nakasero mosque during an early morning raid in central Kampala yesterday. A...

3,000 return to hometown reclaimed from Boko Haram 27 Dec 2016 - 10:41 pm

Maiduguri: More than 3,000 people in northeast Nigeria who were forced to flee the seven-year insurgency waged by Islamist militants have returned to...

South Sudan pins hope on national dialogue for peace 27 Dec 2016 - 11:47 am

JUBA, South Sudan: The announcement earlier this month by South Sudan’s president of the start of a national dialogue in the war-torn country...

At least 30 dead in Uganda ferry accident 26 Dec 2016 - 10:17 pm

Kampala: At least 30 Ugandan members of a village football team and their fans drowned on Sunday when their boat capsized on Lake...

DR Congo troops killed 10 soldiers from Burundi: army 26 Dec 2016 - 06:14 pm

Bukavu, DR Congo: Democratic Republic of Congo troops killed 10 soldiers from neighbouring Burundi after they crossed the border last week in pursuit...

Nigerian troops foil suicide attack in restive city 26 Dec 2016 - 06:08 pm

Lagos: Nigerian troops on Monday foiled an attempt by two female suicide bombers to attack a cattle market in the restive city of...

Nigeria to open major roads after strike on Boko Haram 26 Dec 2016 - 11:33 am

Lagos Nigeria: Nigeria Sunday will reopen at least two major roads in the country's northeast previously closed due to repeated attacks by Boko...

13 dead in rebel attack in Democratic Republic of Congo 26 Dec 2016 - 11:10 am

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo: Thirteen people were killed in an attack by Ugandan Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels in eastern Democratic Republic...

Two dead in Cameroon suicide bomb attack 25 Dec 2016 - 11:34 pm

Yaounde: A suicide bomber in the northern Cameroon town of Mora killed a young student and a woman in an attack on a...

Two dead in Nigeria police building collapse 25 Dec 2016 - 11:31 pm

Two people were killed when part of a two-storey building in a police training college collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos yesterday, the...

Congo ethnic militia kills 13 civilians 25 Dec 2016 - 11:30 pm

Kinshasa: An ethnic Nande militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 13 Hutu civilians yesterday with guns and machetes in...

Search for French aid worker kidnapped in Mali 25 Dec 2016 - 05:41 pm

Paris: A Frenchwoman who runs an organisation for malnourished children has been kidnapped in Mali's restive north, France's foreign ministry confirmed on Sunday,...

Congo: 40 killed, 460 arrested in anti-Kabila demos 25 Dec 2016 - 10:43 am

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo: Over 40 people have died in demonstrations in Democratic Republic of Congo against President Joseph Kabila's refusal to...

French-Swiss aid worker kidnapped in Mali town of Gao 25 Dec 2016 - 09:47 am

BAMAKO: A female French-Swiss aid worker was kidnapped in the city of Gao in northern Mali on Saturday afternoon, a spokesman for the...

Nigeria: Army claims capture of Boko Haram stronghold 24 Dec 2016 - 05:32 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s army has driven Boko Haram militants out of their strongest hideout in the dreaded Sambisa Forest, President Muhammadu Buhari said...

Nigerian army 'crushes' Boko Haram in one of last strongholds: Buhari 24 Dec 2016 - 03:18 pm

Abuja: The Nigerian army has defeated Boko Haram in the Sambisa forest, one of the jihadists' last remaining strongholds, President Muhammadu Buhari said...

All-night talks fail to reach DR Congo deal 24 Dec 2016 - 12:02 pm

Kinshasa: Hopes of a deal to end DR Congo's dangerous political crisis before Christmas were faltering Saturday after fruitless all-night talks over President...