World / Africa

Climate change-worsened floods wreak havoc in Africa 28 Oct 2024 - 11:14 am

Lokoja, Nigeria: Every rainy season for the past 12 years, floods have swept through 67-year-old Idris Egbunu's house in central Nigeria. It is...

Presidents of Egypt, Algeria discuss regional developments 27 Oct 2024 - 10:58 pm

Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi discussed with his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday the current regional situation and its developments,...

Uganda fuel tanker explosion toll up to 24 27 Oct 2024 - 04:49 pm

Kampala: The death toll following a fuel tanker explosion near the Ugandan capital Kampala last week has risen to 24, the government said...

Activists say 50 killed in Sudan paramilitary attack 27 Oct 2024 - 11:26 am

Gedaref,Sudan: At least 50 people have been killed in a single attack bySudanese paramilitaries who have besieged and raided villages in al-Jazira state,...

France's Macron looks to repair ties with Morocco on state visit 26 Oct 2024 - 06:07 pm

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron will begin a three-day state visit to Morocco on Monday, in a bid to repair relations with the...

Libya forfeit Nigeria match after 'inhumane treatment' 26 Oct 2024 - 05:51 pm

Johannesburg: Libya must forfeit an Africa Cup of Nations fixture to Nigeria, African football authorities ruled on Saturday, after the Super Eagles complained...

3.0 magnitude earthquake hits Northeastern Algeria 26 Oct 2024 - 08:52 am

Algiers: An earthquake measuring 3 on the Richter scale struck Bejaia province, northeast of the capital Algiers, Friday, without recording any human or...

UN Agencies renew warning on continued deterioration of humanitarian crisis in Sudan 25 Oct 2024 - 10:27 pm

New York: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) renewed their warning of the continued...

Nigeria releases American crypto executive after dropping money laundering case 24 Oct 2024 - 10:18 pm

Washington: An American cryptocurrency executive held in Nigeria for the past eight months has been released after authorities there announced they were ending...

South Africa 'shattered' by divorce of rugby star Kolisi 23 Oct 2024 - 02:08 pm

Johannesburg:South Africans were stunned Wednesday after news emerged that one of the country's most prominent couples, Springbok rugby captain Siya Kolisi and his...

Uganda fuel truck explosion kills at least 10 22 Oct 2024 - 09:07 pm

Kampala: A fuel truck ran out of control and exploded into flames near the Ugandan capital on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people,...

Rwandan genocide survivors describe the 1994 mass killings at a Paris trial 22 Oct 2024 - 07:56 pm

Paris: Bullets flew. Then men with machetes and clubs burst into a convent where people had found refuge, killing almost all the boys...

Activists say over 70 dead in two days of Sudan fighting 22 Oct 2024 - 07:26 pm

Kassala, Sudan: Sudanese volunteer rescuers reported four children were among 20 people killed in an army air strike in the capital Khartoum Tuesday,...

US condemns killings of Mozambique opposition figures after election 22 Oct 2024 - 11:55 am

Washington: The United States on Monday condemned the killings of two associates ofMozambique's leading opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane, who were gunned down on...

$\Supporters of the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique (PODEMOS) run from tear gas lobbed at them by units of the Mozambican anti-riot police during a strike called in Maputo, on October 21, 2024. (Photo by ALFREDO ZUNIGA / AFP)$

Tunisia President sworn in for second term 21 Oct 2024 - 07:39 pm

Tunis: Tunisian President Kais Saied was sworn in today for his second five-year term during a formal session of parliament. Saied secured a...

WHO certifies Egypt as malaria-free 20 Oct 2024 - 06:45 pm

Geneva: Egypt was certified as malaria-free on Sunday, with the World Health Organization calling the achievement "truly historic" and the culmination of nearly...