Africa Unused

UN rights chief deplores abuse reports in Ethiopia's Tigray

21 June 2021, 14:33 PM Africa & rest of the world

Ghana plants 5 million trees in single day to combat deforestation

12 June 2021, 09:42 AM Climate action

‘This IS INSANE’: Africa desperately short of COVID vaccine

9 June 2021, 07:44 AM Coronavirus

Nigeria suspended Twitter days after president's post removed

5 June 2021, 06:52 AM Careers

African Union suspends Mali after military coup and threatens sanctions

2 June 2021, 13:29 PM Africa & rest of the world

Mali president and prime minister freed by military after resigning

27 May 2021, 13:39 PM Africa & rest of the world

Suspected ADF militants kill 22 with knives, machetes in eastern Congo

26 May 2021, 19:54 PM Africa & rest of the world

Mali's president and prime minister resign following military takeover

26 May 2021, 13:55 PM Africa & rest of the world

Military detain Mali's president, prime minister and defence minister

25 May 2021, 02:11 AM Africa & rest of the world

Court allows Suez Canal to keep holding container ship that blocked traffic

23 May 2021, 13:17 PM Africa & rest of the world

Coup? What coup?

In the annals of missed stories, it ranks up there.

15 November 2017, 18:00 PM

Mugabe sacks 'disloyal' vice-president

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe fired Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday, the government said, as the

6 November 2017, 18:00 PM

Five dead in Nigeria suicide bombing

At least five people were killed yesterday when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in northeastern Nigeria, a militia

30 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Kenyatta wins Kenyan poll re-run

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was yesterday declared victor of the country's deeply divisive elections, taking 98 percent of the

30 October 2017, 18:00 PM

29 killed; security chiefs sacked

The death toll from a deadly attack on a hotel in Mogadishu rose to 29 yesterday, prompting the Somali government

29 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Shooting, tear gas mar Kenya election re-run

At least three people were shot dead yesterday during clashes over Kenya's re-run election, which has been boycotted by the

26 October 2017, 18:13 PM

Boko Haram kills 8 Nigerian soldiers

At least eight soldiers were killed in heavy fighting when Boko Haram raided a military camp and looted food from villagers in northeast

26 October 2017, 18:04 PM

Protests as Kenya to hold polls today

Kenya's repeat presidential elections will proceed as planned today, said the head of the election board yesterday, after

25 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Fresh attack leaves 13 Niger soldiers dead

Thirteen paramilitary police were killed Saturday in a fresh attack in Niger's restive southwest, just weeks after a deadly

22 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Somalia truck bomb toll jumps to 358

Somalia's deadliest ever attack, a truck bomb in the capital Mogadishu, has now killed 358 people with 228 more

21 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Boko Haram kills 3 soldiers in Nigeria

At least three soldiers were killed when Boko Haram fighters ambushed a military convoy in northeast Nigeria, security and civilian

19 October 2017, 18:17 PM

Kenya election chief casts doubt on fair poll

Kenya's polls chief yesterday cast doubt on his organisation's ability to hold a credible vote next week, pointing to internal divisions

18 October 2017, 18:00 PM

29 killed in central Nigeria violence

At least 29 people were killed in a new flare-up of violence in central Nigeria targeting people sheltered in a primary school, prompting

17 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Zuma fires critic in S Africa reshuffle

South African President Jacob Zuma sacked a vocal critic from his cabinet yesterday. In his second reshuffle this year, Zuma dropped

17 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Death toll from Somalia bomb attacks tops 300

More than 300 people died after twin bomb explosions in Mogadishu, an official said yesterday, as locals packed hospitals in search of

16 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Kenya bans protests in central Nairobi

Kenyan authorities banned protests in central Nairobi and other hotspots as they tried to keep a lid on mounting political turmoil in the

12 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Truth prevails, 46 years on

An anti-apartheid activist who died in police custody 46 years ago did not commit suicide but was murdered by officers, a South