World / Africa

19 killed in Uganda fuel truck blast: police 19 Aug 2019 - 02:45 pm

Kampala: Nineteen people died when a fuel truck barrelled into other vehicles in a busy town in western Uganda and exploded, police said...

Chad president declares emergency in east after ethnic violence 18 Aug 2019 - 04:41 pm

N'Djamena: Chad President Idriss Deby declared a state of emergency in two eastern provinces on Sunday after violent intercommunal clashes left dozens dead...

2 Ebola patients in Congo "cured" with drugs, say doctors 13 Aug 2019 - 05:51 pm

KINSHASA, Congo: Two Ebola patients who were treated with new drugs in the city of Goma in eastern Congo have been declared "cured"...

Police say 62 killed in Tanzania fuel tanker explosion 10 Aug 2019 - 05:30 pm

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania: A damaged tanker truck exploded in eastern Tanzania as people were trying to siphon fuel out of it Saturday,...

Tanzania fuel tanker blast kills 57 10 Aug 2019 - 11:53 am

Morogoro, Tanzania: Fifty-seven people perished in Tanzania on Saturday when a fuel tanker exploded after overturning on a road west of the country's...

1,800 dead as malaria 'epidemic' rages in Burundi: UN 06 Aug 2019 - 06:03 pm

Nairobi: Malaria has killed more than 1,800 people in Burundi this year, the UN's humanitarian agency says, a death toll rivalling a deadly...

DR Congo tests 12 more patients for Ebola 03 Aug 2019 - 06:08 pm

Goma, DR Congo: Twelve people were ordered to undergo testing for possible Ebola infection in Goma in DR Congo on Saturday, only days...

Mozambique's last rebel fighters finally lay down their arms 01 Aug 2019 - 03:06 pm

GORONGOSA NATIONAL PARK, Mozambique: Mozambique's president and the leader of the Renamo opposition signed a peace accord on Thursday to end years of...

Kenya hotel complex that al-Shabab stormed this year reopens 31 Jul 2019 - 06:13 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: Officials on Wednesday reopened the Kenyan luxury hotel complex that al-Shabab attacked in January in the deadliest extremist assault inside the...

Second Ebola case in Congo's main eastern city dies 31 Jul 2019 - 05:33 pm

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo: The second patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in eastern Congo's main city of Goma has died after...

Tunisia's Essebsi, world's oldest president, dies at 92 25 Jul 2019 - 03:16 pm

Tunis: Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, the North African country's first leader elected in nationwide polls, died Thursday at the age of 92,...

17 dead in Somalia bomb blast claimed by Al-Shabaab militants 22 Jul 2019 - 05:44 pm

Mogadishu: Seventeen people were killed and more than two dozen wounded when a car bomb exploded in Mogadishu on Monday, the latest deadly...

Kenyan finance minister arrested on corruption charges 22 Jul 2019 - 02:21 pm

NAIROBI: Kenyan Finance Minister Henry Rotich was arrested on Monday on suspicion of corruption related to the construction of two dams. Despite Kenya's...

Jihadist video calls for attacks in Tunisia 17 Jul 2019 - 02:29 pm

Tunis: The Islamic State group has called for more attacks in Tunisia in a rare propaganda video purportedly filmed by the jihadists in...

Ebola patient in DR Congo city of Goma has died: governor 16 Jul 2019 - 02:07 pm

Goma, DR Congo: The first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma has died, the governor...

South Africa's Zuma to face corruption inquiry 15 Jul 2019 - 08:45 am

JOHANNESBURG: Former South African president Jacob Zuma will be questioned at a public inquiry into state graft on Monday, a dramatic fall from...

UN chief makes climate change plea in cyclone-hit Mozambique 13 Jul 2019 - 02:07 am

Beira, Mozambique: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday issued a strong plea for action on climate change as he visited Beira in central...