MSF says 26 staff missing from South Sudan violence
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Africa & rest of the world
At least 38 killed in armed attack in north-west Nigeria
21 February 2026, 19:36 PM
Africa & rest of the world
Attackers kill at least 50 in Nigeria
21 February 2026, 04:12 AM
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RSF actions in Sudan’s al-Fashir points to genocide
20 February 2026, 00:40 AM
Africa & rest of the world
UN chief renews push for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Sudan
16 February 2026, 02:54 AM
Africa & rest of the world
21 drown in Nile boat sinking in Sudan
13 February 2026, 00:52 AM
Africa & rest of the world
Sudan RSF drone strike on school kills two children
12 February 2026, 01:35 AM
Africa & rest of the world
Ten dead after a shooting in Canadian province of British Columbia, police say
11 February 2026, 09:20 AM
World
51 kidnapped, 3 killed in Nigeria attacks
9 February 2026, 04:53 AM
Africa & rest of the world
Gunmen kill at least 162 in attack in Nigeria
4 February 2026, 20:21 PM
Africa & rest of the world
'Butcher of Bosnia'
Ratko Mladic, who was convicted of genocide yesterday, believed himself to be a crusading defender of the Serbs but
22 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Liberation hero turned despot
Zimbabwe's veteran leader Robert Mugabe once quipped that he'd rule his country until he turned 100.
21 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Zimbabwe's Mugabe resigns, ending 4 decades of rule
Robert Mugabe resigns as Zimbabwe's president a week after the army and his former political allies moved against him, ending four decades of rule by a man who turned from independence hero to archetypal African strongman.
21 November 2017, 16:47 PM
Violence in Kenya after polls verdict
Kenya's Supreme Court yesterday validated the election victory of President Uhuru Kenyatta, sparking opposition
20 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Coup? What coup?
In the annals of missed stories, it ranks up there.
15 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Mugabe: Liberation hero turned despot
Zimbabwe's veteran leader Robert Mugabe once quipped that he'd rule his country until he turned 100.
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