World / Africa

4 missing in building collapse near Kenya capital 17 Mar 2018 - 01:40 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya, A Kenya police official says at least four people are feared trapped in rubble after a four-story building collapsed in the...

Emirates flight attendant who fell from emergency exit dies 17 Mar 2018 - 12:51 pm

Long-haul carrier Emirates says a flight attendant who fell from an emergency exit of a Boeing 777 parked in Uganda has died. Emirates...

Jacob Zuma's five biggest career scandals 16 Mar 2018 - 07:49 pm

Pretoria: South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma will stand trial on 16 fraud, corruption and racketeering charges, prosecutors announced Friday, a month after...

Nigeria's Buhari says no rest until last kidnapped girl released 14 Mar 2018 - 10:04 pm

DAPCHI, Nigeria: Nigeria's president told the parents of 110 abducted schoolgirls on Wednesday he had ordered all military and security agencies to search...

25 killed in fresh clashes in central Nigeria: police 14 Mar 2018 - 11:44 am

Lagos: Herders are believed to have killed 25 villagers in central Nigeria's Plateau state, police said on Wednesday, in the latest violence linked...

Out in Africa? Tillerson trip leaves hosts nonplussed 13 Mar 2018 - 08:38 pm

JOHANNESBURG: From the outset, Rex Tillerson's first trip to Africa looked half-hearted and token, but with the hindsight knowledge that the U.S. Secretary...

Bus crash kills 38 in Ethiopia: state media 13 Mar 2018 - 01:48 pm

Addis Ababa: Thirty-eight people have died after the bus they were travelling in plunged off an embankment in northern Ethiopia, state media said...

Ethiopia command post says 9 civilians killed by mistake 11 Mar 2018 - 06:31 pm

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: A command post overseeing Ethiopia's state of emergency said security forces mistakenly killed nine civilians in Moyale, near the country's...

At least 5 killed in central Nigeria: police 10 Mar 2018 - 11:58 am

Lagos, Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed at least five people in central Nigeria's Plateau state, police said Saturday, in the latest...

U.S.'s Tillerson 'not feeling well', cancels activities in Kenya 10 Mar 2018 - 08:49 am

Nairobi: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson cancelled scheduled events on Saturday on the second day of a visit to Kenya because "he...

Tillerson says Kenya should not stifle media, threaten courts 09 Mar 2018 - 08:15 pm

NAIROBI: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday that he had shared his concerns with Kenya's president about the importance of...

Kenya president, opposition leader pledge reconciliation 09 Mar 2018 - 08:08 pm

Nairobi: President Uhuru Kenyatta met opposition leader Raila Odinga in public on Friday for the first time since last year's hotly-disputed elections, with...

Russia eyes Zimbabwe's diamonds and platinum 08 Mar 2018 - 03:20 pm

Harare: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday met with Zimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa and discussed possible military co-operation as well as...

"Significant" consequences if China takes key port in Djibouti: US general 07 Mar 2018 - 11:41 am

WASHINGTON: The top U.S. general for Africa told lawmakers on Tuesday that the military could face "significant" consequences should China take a key...

Bicycle-riding suicide bomber kills 3 in northeast Nigeria 06 Mar 2018 - 03:07 pm

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Police say a suicide bomber riding a bicycle with explosive devices strapped to his body killed three people when he detonated...

Lassa fever deaths rise to 110 in Nigeria: official 06 Mar 2018 - 12:47 pm

Lagos, Lassa fever has claimed 110 lives in Nigeria since the beginning of the year, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said Tuesday,...

Burkina Faso arrests likely key attack suspect: govt source 04 Mar 2018 - 03:10 pm

Ouagadougou: A suspected key figure in the deadly Burkina Faso attacks has been arrested, a government source said Sunday, adding the assailants had...