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
Bus crashes in Egypt kill 23, injure 17
Two separate road accidents in Egypt kill 23 Egyptians and injured 17 others on Sunday, officials said.
14 June 2015, 13:56 PM
S Africa court bid to arrest Bashir
A South African court has issued an interim order preventing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir from leaving the country.
14 June 2015, 10:55 AM
Central Africa's diamonds come at high price in blood and sweat
Barefoot, with sweat pouring down their naked chests, 50 men slave in the depths of the Central African forest digging for diamonds in a sandy pit half the size of a football pitch.
8 June 2015, 07:09 AM
90 killed in petrol station explosion in Ghana
More than 90 people dies in a fire at a petrol station in Ghana's capital, Accra, the fire service says.
4 June 2015, 10:45 AM
Nigerian fuel tanker crash kills 69
Sixty-nine people burnt to death in southeast Nigeria after a petrol tanker lost control, rammed into a busy bus station and burst into flames, the Red Cross and police said yesterday.
1 June 2015, 18:00 PM
International effort rescues over 5,000 Mediterranean migrants
Corpses of 17 migrants along with 454 survivors were brought ashore in Sicily by an Italian naval vessel.
31 May 2015, 12:09 PM
Boko Haram militants raped hundreds of female captives in Nigeria
Boko Haram militants rape hundreds of women and girls in Nigeria as a deliberate strategy to dominate rural residents and possibly even create a new generation of Islamist militants.
19 May 2015, 11:43 AM
Islamic State militants 'smuggled to Europe'
Libyan government adviser Abdul Basit Haroun says Islamic State (IS) fighters are being smuggled into Europe by gangs in the Mediterranean on boats filled with migrants.
17 May 2015, 04:24 AM
Fierce turf war after coup bid
Rival factions of Burundi's army yesterday fought intense battles for control of the capital, a day after a top general launched a coup to
14 May 2015, 18:00 PM
S African opposition elects first black leader
South Africa's main opposition party the Democratic Alliance on Sunday elected Mmusi Maimane as its first black leader, a major step in
10 May 2015, 18:11 PM
SA opposition elects black leader
South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), elects its first black leader.
10 May 2015, 14:54 PM
Liberia Ebola free: WHO
The UN health agency yesterday declared Liberia Ebola-free, hailing the "monumental" achievement in the west African country where the
9 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Central African Republic militias to free child soldiers
UN says armed groups in Central African Republic agrees to release all the children working with them and end child recruitment
5 May 2015, 12:11 PM
Freed Nigeria women tell of Boko Haram horror
Former hostages held by Boko Haram militants in northern Nigeria say some fellow captives were stoned to death as the army approached to rescue them.
4 May 2015, 18:00 PM
160 hostages rescued
Nigerian troops have rescued about 160 more hostages from Boko Haram's Sambisa Forest stronghold in northeast Nigeria, the country's
30 April 2015, 18:31 PM
Nigeria rescues 293 girls, women from Boko Haram
The Nigerian army says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women from Boko Haram camps in the Sambisa forest.
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Nigerian army rescues 300 women
The Nigerian military says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women from an area where the Islamist militant group Boko Haram is active.
29 April 2015, 04:47 AM
23 killed in Nigeria communal clashes
At least 23 villagers have died in clashes between two mainly fishing and farming communities in central Nigeria's Benue state, police said
19 April 2015, 18:00 PM
IS shows purported executions of Ethiopia Christians in Libya
The Islamic State jihadist group has released a video purportedly showing the executions of some 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya.
19 April 2015, 12:31 PM
10 killed in Somalia militant attack
Al-Shabab militants attacks a government complex in a busy area of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 10 people.
14 April 2015, 14:49 PM