World / Africa

AIDS burdens Zimbabwe’s old with orphans and illness 29 Jul 2017 - 09:46 pm

NORTON, Zimbabwe: Jabulani Zilawe lost all 11 of his children to AIDS. Now he is the only one left to care for their...

Boko Haram ambush death toll hits 69 29 Jul 2017 - 06:04 pm

Kano, Nigeria: At least 69 people are known to have died in a Boko Haram ambush of an oil exploration team in northeast...

South Africans protest in solidarity with Al-Aqsa 26 Jul 2017 - 07:06 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Thousands of people marched Wednesday in Cape Town to condemn Israel’s recent restrictions on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, which is sacred...

South Sudan sexual violence on 'massive scale,' report says 24 Jul 2017 - 08:08 pm

WAU, South Sudan: It's been five months since the shy, frail 13-year-old was snatched from his bed, drugged and raped in the middle...

Investigation begins into Senegal football stadium disaster 17 Jul 2017 - 09:18 pm

Dakar: Senegalese prosecutors on Monday announced the opening of a judicial enquiry into a stadium tragedy, as a local team whose fans were...

South African watchdog says Zuma should open graft probe 14 Jul 2017 - 10:04 am

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s anti-graft watchdog wants President Jacob Zuma to comply with an order by her predecessor and appoint a judge to investigate...

DRC has highest number of displaced people in Africa 11 Jul 2017 - 12:32 pm

ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) currently has the highest number of displaced people in Africa, the UN...

Kenya: President, MPs, military chiefs face salary cut 11 Jul 2017 - 11:30 am

Nairobi: A special commission on Monday slashed the salaries of Kenya’s president and his deputy, as well as Cabinet officers, parliamentary deputies, and...

Nigeria to secure oil heartlands 10 Jul 2017 - 01:05 am

Nigeria: The Nigerian government’s efforts to secure peace in the oil heartlands of the Niger Delta are empty promises, community leaders say, threatening...

Zimbabwe's Mugabe in Singapore for medical check:report 09 Jul 2017 - 12:47 pm

Harare: Zimbabwe's 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe is in Singapore for a "routine medical check-up", state media reported Sunday. "President Mugabe on Friday left...

Al-Shabaab militants behead 9 Kenyans 09 Jul 2017 - 10:06 am

NAIROBI, Kenya: Somalia-based al-Shabaab militants on Saturday morning killed nine villagers in Kenya's Poromoko village located in the Lamu county along the coast....

At least 9 dead in latest attack on Kenya coast 08 Jul 2017 - 11:47 am

Nairobi: At least nine people were shot and hacked to death in Kenya's coastal Lamu County early Saturday, in the latest attack on...

Kenya's interior minister dies in hospital: govt 08 Jul 2017 - 10:50 am

Nairobi: Kenya's government on Saturday announced the death of Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery at a hospital in the capital Nairobi. Nkaissery, 68, a...

13 al-Shabaab militants killed in southern Somalia 06 Jul 2017 - 02:35 pm

MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least 17 people, including 13 al-Shabaab fighters, were killed when Somali government forces backed by foreign troops attacked a camp...

Kenya: Al-Shabaab attack on police station kills 2 06 Jul 2017 - 02:33 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: Two police officers were killed on Wednesday in an attack by al-Shabaab militants on a police station in northeastern Kenya that...

Zambia: President declares state of emergency 06 Jul 2017 - 02:29 pm

LUSAKA, Zambia: Citing a continued “sabotage” campaign against the country, Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Wednesday declared a state of emergency. The move...

Seven die in downtown Johannesburg building blaze 05 Jul 2017 - 03:01 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Seven people died in a high-rise apartment block fire in Johannesburg on Wednesday including a man who jumped to his death to...

Communal clashes leave 150 dead in Nigeria 05 Jul 2017 - 12:07 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: At least 150 people were killed and several thousand others displaced in communal clashes last week in Nigeria's oil-rich southern Cross...