World / Africa

New sex offenders register may deter Nigerians with 'no conscience' 29 Nov 2019 - 01:31 am

ABUJA: Employers must use Nigeria's new national sex offenders register to vet their staff for it to succeed and the public must be...

Guess the rain: Kenya gamifies climate change to help farmers 28 Nov 2019 - 11:27 pm

NAIROBI: Kenya is gamifying climate change - challenging farmers to guess the rain in a bid to reach a remote audience with agricultural...

Death-defying South African lauded for defence of land and women 28 Nov 2019 - 11:27 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Stabbed with a knife, slapped with a gun, hit by a speeding car. Just a few of the murder attempts on South...

Refugees rebuild after devastating South Sudan floods 28 Nov 2019 - 06:49 pm

Bunj, South Sudan: Visibly exhausted, Ali Fonj sets to chopping wooden poles to make a shelter for his wife and four children after...

Burundi accuses Rwanda of armed attack, threatens retaliation 28 Nov 2019 - 06:49 pm

Burundi accused Rwanda of sending troops earlier this month to attack one of its military positions and pledged to "use legitimate defense” if...

Namibians vote in tight contest clouded by economic crisis 27 Nov 2019 - 08:53 am

WINDHOEK: Namibians voted on Wednesday in what was expected to be the toughest contest yet for the party that has ruled for three...

Thirteen french troops killed in Mali helicopter accident 26 Nov 2019 - 11:55 am

BAMAKO, Mali: Two helicopters collided on a moonless night and killed 13 French soldiers fighting Islamic State group-linked extremists in Mali, France said...

In abandoned Cape Town hospital, squeezed residents heal wounds of gentrification 25 Nov 2019 - 07:35 pm

CAPE TOWN: Bevil Lucas never imagined that his doctor's old Cape Town office would one day be his bedroom. Now the 57-year-old activist...

Death toll from Kenya storms rises to 52: official 25 Nov 2019 - 11:40 am

Nairobi - The death toll from floods and landslides in Kenya's west over the weekend has climbed to 52, an official said Monday,...

Plane crashes into homes in east DR Congo city, killing 29 25 Nov 2019 - 10:46 am

Goma, DR Congo - At least 29 people were killed Sunday when a small plane crashed after takeoff into a densely populated area...

8 killed in DR Congo's Beni, residents burn town hall 25 Nov 2019 - 10:37 am

Beni, DR Congo: Eight civilians died overnight in DR Congo's volatile city of Beni in a fresh militant attack and angry residents torched...

Namibia's ex-minister arrested, freed over fishing graft scandal 24 Nov 2019 - 08:17 pm

Windhoek: A Namibian court on Sunday released an ex-minister after his arrest at the weekend following a Wikileaks report exposing alleged corruption in...

Plane crash kills at least 18 in eastern Congo 24 Nov 2019 - 02:22 pm

Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo: Rescue workers pulled 18 bodies from the rubble after a plane crashed into a densely populated neighbourhood in...

Namibia's first female candidate vows to 'restore dignity' 24 Nov 2019 - 01:20 pm

Windhoek: Calm and confident, Esther Muinjangue, Namibia's first woman to run for president, says she feels a "wind of change" softly blowing through...

Light plane crashes into DR Congo city: witnesses, airline 24 Nov 2019 - 11:59 am

Goma, DR Congo: A small plane carrying 19 passengers and crew crashed on takeoff Sunday into a densely populated area of Goma in...

One killed, many wounded as DR Congo police fire on protesters 23 Nov 2019 - 04:38 pm

Beni, DR Congo: One person was killed and at least seven seriously wounded Saturday after DR Congo police opened fire on a crowd...

2 dead, 9 missing after fishing boat sinks off Morocco 23 Nov 2019 - 04:37 pm

RABAT, Morocco: Morocco says two people have died and nine others are missing after a fishing boat with at least 11 crew members...

Tanzanian anger as aircraft seized in Canada 23 Nov 2019 - 02:38 pm

Nairobi: An aeroplane being delivered to Tanzania's national airline has been impounded in Canada over a Namibian-born farmer's $33-million compensation claim, Tanzania's foreign...