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Ethiopia urges Boeing to review controls, backs pilots 04 Apr 2019 - 03:25 pm

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian investigators urged Boeing to review its flight control technology and said pilots of state carrier Ethiopian Airlines had carried out...

Uganda hunt for kidnapped US tourist enters third day 04 Apr 2019 - 02:44 pm

Kampala: Ugandan security forces scoured dense bush on Thursday in the hunt for a US tourist and her safari guide who were kidnapped...

Fire disrupts terminal at Kenya's main airport in Nairobi 04 Apr 2019 - 11:50 am

NAIROBI: Kenya briefly closed one departure terminal at the Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi after a fire sparked by a baggage system malfunction...

Ethiopian crew followed procedures - First official crash report 04 Apr 2019 - 11:04 am

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Airlines pilots followed proper procedures when their Boeing MAX 8 airplane repeatedly nosedived before a March 10 crash that killed...

South Africa govt to ease blackouts ahead of election 04 Apr 2019 - 01:28 am

Johannesburg: The South African government promised Wednesday to ease power outages that have plagued the continent's most advanced economy, a month before key...

South Sudan holds breath as fragile peace faces crucial test 03 Apr 2019 - 06:01 pm

Udier, South Sudan: Chol Deng, her husband and five children sit, exhausted, under a tree, having journeyed back to South Sudan five years...

Women carrying children at a market in Udier town, South Sudan, on March 7, 2019. AFP / Simon Maina

Algerian transition should reflect people's wishes: UN chief 03 Apr 2019 - 05:30 pm

United Nations, United States: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said he looks forward to a peaceful and democratic transition in Algeria following...

Cholera vaccination campaign launched in post-cyclone Mozambique 03 Apr 2019 - 03:39 pm

GENEVA: Health officials launched a vaccination campaign in Mozambique's cyclone-hit port city of Beira on Wednesday in an effort to contain an outbreak...

Algerians cheer end of Bouteflika era but want broader change 03 Apr 2019 - 12:44 pm

Algiers: Flag-waving Algerians celebrated the resignation of ailing leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika after two decades in power, but vowed to keep protesting to demand...

Seeking justice: the long hunt for Rwanda's killers 02 Apr 2019 - 06:51 pm

Kigali: The houses along the quiet tree-lined street look just like the normal homes found all across the Rwandan capital. But behind the...

In Algiers, students march to demand immediate end to Bouteflika rule 02 Apr 2019 - 04:21 pm

ALGIERS: Hundreds of students marched in Algiers on Tuesday demanding the immediate resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the replacement of Algeria's political...

Ethiopian Airlines crash report ready: foreign ministry 01 Apr 2019 - 03:36 pm

Addis Ababa: A preliminary report into the crash of a Boeing 737 Max in which 157 people died will be ready on Monday,...

Missing 737 sensor said to be a focus of Ethiopian crash probe 31 Mar 2019 - 08:14 pm

Investigators of an Ethiopian Airlines crash have concluded that the same system that malfunctioned in an earlier accident off Indonesia was activated, and...

DR Congo towns vote in polls delayed by conflict, Ebola 31 Mar 2019 - 05:36 pm

Beni, DR Congo: Voters in Beni and Butembo, towns in northeastern DR Congo ravaged by conflict and an Ebola epidemic, took part in...

4 hurt, 10 held in Nicaragua despite govt pledges: opposition 31 Mar 2019 - 10:37 am

Managua, A day after Nicaragua's government pledged to restore the right to protest, at least four people were hurt and 10 detained during...

Burundi bans BBC and suspends Voice of America, activists cry foul 30 Mar 2019 - 01:22 pm

Nairobi: Burundi has banned the BBC and indefinitely suspended Voice of America, moves that campaigners and the international broadcasters described as a blow...

Kenya orders closure of Dadaab refugee camp this year, according to leaked UN document 29 Mar 2019 - 09:44 pm

NAIROBI: Kenya has ordered the closure of the Dadaab refugee camp by the middle of this year with the race now on to...

Mozambique cholera cases jump to 139 a day after outbreak 29 Mar 2019 - 08:36 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Cholera cases in Mozambique among survivors of a devastating cyclone have shot up to 139, officials said, as nearly 1 million vaccine...