MSF says 26 staff missing from South Sudan violence
3 March 2026, 01:25 AM 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
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

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

South Africa to exit war crimes court

South Africa yesterday announced that it would withdraw from the International Criminal Court, dealing a major blow to a
21 October 2016, 18:36 PM

25 feared dead in raid on migrant boat

Up to 25 people were missing, feared drowned, yesterday after men on a Libyan coastguard speedboat attacked a packed
21 October 2016, 18:23 PM

Eight dead in second Brazil prison riot

Eight inmates were killed and burned yesterday in a fresh prison riot in Brazil, police said, a day after clashes between
17 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Boko Haram frees 21 Chibok girls

Jihadist group Boko Haram has released 21 of the more than 200 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls held since April
13 October 2016, 18:00 PM

World wildlife talks on trade ends

A global conference on wildlife trade wrapped up on Tuesday after adopting a slew of decisions to curb rampant
5 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Brazil votes in local polls

Brazilians furious at recession and corruption are expected to punish the long dominant Workers' Party in municipal
2 October 2016, 18:00 PM

ICC hands 9-yr jail term to Mali jihadist

War crimes judges yesterday sentenced a Malian jihadist to nine years in jail for destroying the fabled shrines of Timbuktu, in a
27 September 2016, 18:10 PM

Boko Haram leader Shekau resurfaces

The embattled leader of jihadist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, resurfaced in a video posted online yesterday,
25 September 2016, 18:00 PM

African elephants 'suffer worst decline in 25 yrs'

Africa's elephant population has suffered its worst drop in 25 years, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said yesterday, blaming the plummeting numbers on poaching.
25 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Brazil SC okays Temer probe

A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has authorized opening preliminary investigations into allegations that President
24 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Family releases shocking video

The wife of the African American man whose death has triggered days of unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina has
24 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Shabaab militants storm Kenya police post

Islamist gunmen launched an overnight attack on a police camp in Kenya's north-east, close to the Somali border, police and militants
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Brazil's Lula to stand trial for corruption

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must stand trial for corruption, a judge ruled Tuesday, after
21 September 2016, 18:00 PM

MINNESOTA ATTACKER WAS HIGH-ACHIEVING STUDENT

Dahir Ahmed Adan, the Somali American named as the perpetrator of the weekend stabbing rampage in Minnesota,
20 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Somali general killed in suicide attack

A top Somalia general known for fighting the jihadist Shabaab group, was killed yesterday when a suicide bomber
18 September 2016, 18:00 PM