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
World
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
Sudan's Bashir to skip Trump-Muslim summit
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, will not join an Islamic summit in Saudi Arabia
19 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Macron visits French troops in Mali
President Emmanuel Macron arrived yesterday in conflict-torn Mali to visit French troops fighting jihadists on his first official trip outside
19 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Ebola outbreak declared in DR Congo: WHO
An Ebola outbreak has been declared in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said
12 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Four UN peacekeepers killed in C Africa
Three more UN peacekeepers have been found dead after an attack on a convoy in the Central African Republic, UN
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Brazil's Lula faces corruption court
Brazil's former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, backed by hundreds of red-shirted supporters, was due in
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
7,000 migrants detained in Libya
Between 7,000 and 8,000 migrants mostly from sub-Saharan Africa are being held in Libyan detention centres after
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
S Sudan child refugees top one million: UN
War has now forced more than one million children to flee South Sudan and uprooted 1.4 million others within the
8 May 2017, 18:00 PM
35 killed in school bus crash in Tanzania
Thirty-two schoolchildren, two teachers and a minibus driver where killed in Tanzania when their vehicle plunged into
7 May 2017, 18:00 PM
35 killed in Tanzania school minibus crash
Thirty-two schoolchildren, two teachers and a minibus driver are killed in Tanzania when their vehicle plunged into a roadside ravine in the northern tourist region of Arusha, a senior police official says.
7 May 2017, 07:15 AM
Five dead in suicide attack in Nigeria
Five people were killed in two suicide bombings in northeast Nigeria, police said yesterday, in the latest attacks blamed
5 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Forces mistakenly kill Somali minister
Somalia's minister of public works and reconstruction Abbas Abdullahi Siraji, 31, was killed in Mogadishu on Wednesday in what was
4 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Nigeria's leader urged to take medical leave
Nigerian civil society activists called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take long-term medical leave yesterday,
2 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Obama did everything to beat me
Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan has blamed Barack Obama for his 2015 presidential election defeat to Muhammadu
27 April 2017, 18:00 PM
20 people dead as boat capsizes in Senegal
At least 20 people, almost all women, were killed when a wooden boat capsized off Senegal's central coast in a delta region popular with
25 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Three nations chosen to test first vaccine
Ghana, Kenya and Malawi will pilot the world's first malaria vaccine from 2018, offering it for babies and children in high-risk areas as
24 April 2017, 18:00 PM
S Sudan violence amounts to 'genocide': UK
Targeted killings of specific ethnic groups in South Sudan's civil war amount to "genocide", according to Britain's International
13 April 2017, 18:36 PM
22 dead in blaze at Senegal retreat
A fire tore through makeshift straw shelters at a Muslim religious retreat in Senegal, killing at least 22 people and triggering a stampede,
13 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Graft probes target 9 Brazil ministers
Brazil's corruption crisis struck the heart of President Michel Temer's government Tuesday with the opening of probes
12 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Risk of mass starvation rapidly rising in Africa, Yemen, UN warns
The risk of mass starvation in four countries -- northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen - -is rapidly rising due to drought and conflict, the UN refugee agency says.
11 April 2017, 11:07 AM
ANC backs Zuma in reshuffle dispute
South Africa's embattled President Jacob Zuma yesterday won the backing of the ruling ANC party, which rejected calls
5 April 2017, 18:00 PM