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
UNSC extends South Sudan mission
The UN Security Council on Friday extended the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan for a year, demanding an
17 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Rio gets Unesco world heritage status
Rio de Janeiro, nicknamed the Marvelous City, officially entered the UN's list of world heritage sites Tuesday in
14 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Oil truck fireball kills 42 in Kenya
A fireball from an oil lorry engulfed vehicles on one of Kenya's main highways, killing at least 42 people late on Saturday, a
11 December 2016, 18:07 PM
Suicide blasts kill 56 in Nigeria market
Two schoolgirl suicide bombers killed 56 people and wounded dozens more in a coordinated attack on a crowded market in the
10 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Fake US embassy in Ghana shut down
Authorities in Ghana have busted a fake US embassy in the capital Accra run by a criminal network that for a decade issued
4 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Jacob Zuma survives attempted ousting
South African President Jacob Zuma survived an attempt to oust him from office only after a "robust" and "difficult"
29 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Good bye 'father' Castro
Throngs of Cubans began streaming to Havana's iconic Revolution Square to pay tribute to Fidel Castro yesterday,
28 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Clashes kill 55 in Uganda; king held
Ugandan police stormed the palace of a tribal king and arrested him yesterday after fierce clashes between security
27 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Castro and end of apartheid
Southern African leaders paid glowing tributes to the late revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, but if one country will forever be heavily indebted to his leadership of Cuba, it is Angola.
27 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Fidel Castro A life in six snapshots
No one could have predicted his place in history when he launched his revolutionary career with a botched attack on
27 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Zika no longer a world health emergency
The World Health Organization on Friday announced that the Zika virus outbreak no longer poses a world public health
19 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Probe launched after 56 killed
Authorities in Mozambique were yesterday investigating whether locals were taking petrol from a tanker that
18 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Gunman kills 9 football fans in South Sudan
At least nine people are killed and 11 wounded in South Sudan's capital, Juba, when an unidentified gunman open fire on people watching a football match on television at the weekend.
7 November 2016, 06:37 AM
Zuma faces pressure to resign
South African President Jacob Zuma yesterday faced increasing calls to resign after a damaging probe unearthed further evidence
3 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Report finds 'criminal activity'
South Africa's anti-corruption watchdog Wednesday called for prosecutors to investigate alleged criminal activity as it released
2 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Clashes kill 25 in Central Africa: UN
Twenty-five people were killed, six of them gendarmes, in two days of violence around the town of Bambari in the troubled Central
29 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Gambia joins African queue to leave ICC
The Gambia has become the latest African nation to announce its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court,
26 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Islamist attacks kills dozens in Kenya
A bomb blast at a guesthouse in northeast Kenya killed at least 12 people yesterday, in an attack claimed by Shabaab militants
25 October 2016, 18:00 PM
South Africa quits ICC
South Africa announced Friday that it would withdraw from the International Criminal Court, dealing a major blow to a troubled
22 October 2016, 18:21 PM
Cameroon rail accident kills dozens
At least 60 were killed when a packed passenger train derailed between Cameroon's two main cities, a hospital source in the
22 October 2016, 18:18 PM