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
Nigeria votes for local bodies, governors
Nigerians were voting yesterday to choose new state governors and local assemblies, with the main opposition party tipped to build on
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Statue row blots Mandela's vision for SA
South Africa's University of Cape Town removed a statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes yesterday, a symbolic step that exposes
9 April 2015, 18:18 PM
Africa leaders to hold Boko Haram summit
Leaders of central and west African states will hold a summit on April 8 to try to draw up a joint strategy against the threat posed by
5 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Kenya unites in sorrow
Kenyans prayed for unity yesterday at the start of three days of national mourning for the 148 people murdered in a university
5 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Boko Haram kill four in Nigeria village raid
At least four people were killed when suspected Boko Haram fighters raided a local market in a village near the northeast Nigerian city of
5 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Kenya mourns Garissa attack dead
Kenya has begun three days of mourning following the massacre of over 100 students by militant group al-Shabab.
5 April 2015, 05:21 AM
Explosion in Mali capital Bamako kills one
An explosion at a house in the Malian capital Bamako has killed a security guard and injured at least two other people, officials said
4 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Zimbabwe ruling party expels Mujuru
A former vice president of Zimbabwe, Joyce Mujuru, has been expelled from the ruling party, Zanu-PF. The party said she had plotted to
4 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Kenya will 'run red with blood'
The terrorist group that massacred almost 150 people at a university have threatened to make the streets of Kenya "run red with blood".
4 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Kenya Garissa students 'taken hostage' by al-Shabab
Gunmen have taken students hostage and killed at least 14 people at a university in north-eastern Kenya, aid workers and police say.
2 April 2015, 05:28 AM
Nigeria election: Muhammadu Buhari wins
Former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari has become the first opposition candidate to win a presidential election in Nigeria
1 April 2015, 04:13 AM
Red Cross worker killed by Islamic militants
A Red Cross employee is killed and another injured in a gun attack by suspected Islamist militants in Mali
31 March 2015, 05:09 AM
Nigeria voting continues after delays
Voting is to continue in some parts of Nigeria after technical problems during Saturday's presidential election.
29 March 2015, 04:38 AM
Sierra Leone in Ebola lockdown
The authorities in Sierra Leone are enforcing a three-day lockdown to curb the spread of Ebola, with the entire population ordered to stay at home
28 March 2015, 04:37 AM
Rivals sign deal to avoid violence
Nigeria's two main presidential candidates have signed an agreement to prevent violence in tightly contested elections due tomorrow.
26 March 2015, 18:13 PM
Uganda confirms Shebab threat
Uganda said yesterday it was boosting security over threats by Somalia's Shebab militants, hours after the US embassy in Kampala
26 March 2015, 18:06 PM
Nigeria denies new mass kidnappings
Nigeria's government yesterday denied reports of a mass kidnapping in the country's northeast, as Boko Haram militants flee a four-
25 March 2015, 20:41 PM
Boko Haram takes 500 children
About 500 children aged 11 and under are missing from the Nigerian town, Damasak which has been recaptured from Islamist militants
25 March 2015, 05:13 AM
Boko Haram retreats from Nigeria town
Soldiers from Niger and Chad who liberated the Nigerian town of Damasak from Boko Haram militants have discovered the bodies of at
21 March 2015, 18:00 PM
'Ebola-proof' tablet
A tablet device that can withstand being doused in chlorine is developed to help medics caring for patients with Ebola
21 March 2015, 05:27 AM