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South Africa gives go-ahead to rhino horn auction 20 Aug 2017 - 09:19 pm

Johannesburg: A South African court on Sunday gave the go-ahead for an online auction of rhino horns that has outraged conservationists. South African...

Nearly 500 dead pulled from Sierra Leone mudslide 20 Aug 2017 - 09:07 pm

FREETOWN: Rescue workers have unearthed 499 dead bodies since last week’s devastating landslide near the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, the city’s chief coroner...

Zimbabwe first lady flies home, leaving S. Africa assault case 20 Aug 2017 - 02:05 pm

Harare: Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe flew home from South Africa on Sunday, state media said, ending a week of confusion over her...

32 African parties convene in Khartoum 20 Aug 2017 - 09:56 am

KHARTOUM: Representatives of 32 African political parties convened in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Saturday to discuss ways of bolstering political cooperation on...

Nigeria: Over 60 dead in ‘mysterious disease’ outbreak 20 Aug 2017 - 09:44 am

LAGOS, Nigeria: At least 62 people are confirmed dead by a yet-to-be-diagnosed disease, a health official in Nigeria’s north central Kogi state has...

Nigeria's Buhari to return home after sick leave in Britain 19 Aug 2017 - 10:26 am

ABUJA: Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday return from medical leave in Britain where he has been since May 7, a presidential...

Sierra Leone appeals for urgent help after deadly floods 15 Aug 2017 - 08:49 pm

Freetown: Sierra Leone's president issued a desperate appeal for help on Tuesday, a day after flooding ravaged the country's capital, killing more than...

Zimbabwe’s Grace Mugabe accused of attacking model in hotel room 15 Aug 2017 - 07:55 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South African police were negotiating with Grace Mugabe’s lawyers on Tuesday to get the wife of the Zimbabwean president to turn herself...

Baby girl “teargassed, beaten by Kenyan police” dies 15 Aug 2017 - 07:35 pm

KISUMU, Kenya: A six-month-old girl has died in Kenya, her doctor told Reuters on Tuesday, after her parents said she was teargassed and...

17 dead in Burkina Faso restaurant 'terrorist attack' 14 Aug 2017 - 07:35 am

Ouagadougou: Seventeen people have been killed and a dozen injured in a "terrorist attack" on a restaurant in Burkina Faso's capital, the government...

Nigeria’s Buhari awaits doctors’ order to return home 13 Aug 2017 - 06:56 am

LAGOS, Nigeria: President Muhammadu Buhari, who has been away in London to treat an undisclosed ailment since May 7, has said he is...

Kenya on edge after vote fraud claims spark deadly protests 13 Aug 2017 - 06:36 am

Nairobi: Tensions remained high in Kenya on Sunday after 11 people died in violent protests and the opposition stood by its demand that...

Long road to recovery for South Sudan’s youngest 12 Aug 2017 - 11:15 pm

JUBA, South Sudan: For the past two weeks, Sandy has slept on the dirty floor of a small and stuffy tent, squeezed in...

Two shot dead in protests against disputed Kenya vote 12 Aug 2017 - 11:34 am

Nairobi: Two people have been shot dead in Kenya in angry opposition protests which flared up again Saturday after the hotly disputed election...

Violence and vuvuzelas as split Kenya reacts to Uhuru Kenyatta's second term win 12 Aug 2017 - 01:59 am

Kisumu, Kenya: Immediately after news broke that President Uhuru Kenyatta had been re-elected as Kenya's president, people took to the streets across the...

South Africa president Jacob Zuma survives no-confidence motion again 08 Aug 2017 - 10:00 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South African President Jacob Zuma again survived a no-confidence vote in parliament Tuesday in the most serious attempt yet to unseat him...

Drugged and dragged into conflict, Congolese children suffer ‘terrible abuse’ 07 Aug 2017 - 09:48 pm

DAKAR: Children in conflict-ravaged central Democratic Republic of Congo are suffering ‘terrible acts of abuse’, having been forced into armed groups, drugged and...