World / Africa

Coming home from Cameroon, Nigerian refugees strain Boko Haram-hit northeast 30 May 2017 - 08:57 pm

DAKAR: Thousands of Nigerian refugees uprooted by the jihadist group Boko Haram have returned home from Cameroon in recent weeks, piling pressure on...

UN details horrific rape, murder in Central Africa 30 May 2017 - 08:47 pm

Bangui, Central African Republic: A damning United Nations report on Tuesday alleged horrific crimes in the Central African Republic including rape, murder, torture,...

EU puts sanctions on 9 Congo government officials 30 May 2017 - 02:27 pm

ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: The European Union Monday adopted sanctions against another nine senior government officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo...

C. Africa violence forces 88,000 people to flee homes in May: UN 30 May 2017 - 02:19 pm

Geneva: Surging violence in Central African Republic has killed hundreds and forced some 88,000 people to flee their homes since the beginning of...

Angolan president returns home after health checks 30 May 2017 - 01:32 pm

Luanda: Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has been dogged by reports of poor health, has returned to Luanda after nearly a...

Shut-down for 50th anniversary of Biafra declaration 30 May 2017 - 01:22 pm

Onitsha, Nigeria: Shops, schools and businesses were shut in southeast Nigeria on Tuesday, 50 years to the day since an independent republic of...

S.Sudan troops tried for rape, murder in Juba compound attack 30 May 2017 - 01:11 pm

Juba: A South Sudan military court on Tuesday opened the trial of 13 soldiers accused of raping foreign aid workers and murdering a...

Nigeria's Buhari absent on second anniversary as president 29 May 2017 - 02:44 pm

Abuja: Nigeria's ailing president was glaringly absent on Monday as his deputy marked their two years in power, with no word on the...

Third night of protests in northern Morocco 29 May 2017 - 11:22 am

Al-Hoceima, Morocco: Protesters have rallied for a third night running in Morocco's city of Al-Hoceima, in a northern region of the country where...

UN: Nearly 500 refugees feared drowned in Mediterranean 27 May 2017 - 11:01 am

GENEVA: Nearly 500 refugees are feared drowned after a wooden boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Italy, the UN migration...

Shabaab kills 5 Kenyan police in third bombing 25 May 2017 - 04:11 pm

Nairobi: Five police officers were killed Thursday when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Kenya in an attack claimed by Shabaab Islamists...

Zambia considers moving capital to rural area: minister 25 May 2017 - 02:22 pm

Lusaka: Zambia is considering a proposal to move its capital from fast-developing Lusaka to a nearly uninhabited marshland district in the centre of...

Car bomb in Somali capital kills at least 5 people 25 May 2017 - 11:59 am

MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least five people including a mother and her child were killed in a car bomb attack targeting a small restaurant...

5 police killed in suspected al-Shabaab attack in Kenya 25 May 2017 - 11:44 am

NAIROBI, Kenya: Five police officers attached to a Kenyan government official were killed Wednesday after their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device...

400,000 children at risk of starvation in Congo: UNICEF 25 May 2017 - 11:38 am

ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: An estimated 400,000 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo are at risk of severe acute malnutrition as...

Sandstorm kills at least 9 in central Mauritania 25 May 2017 - 11:17 am

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania: At least nine people were reportedly killed Wednesday when a violent sandstorm tore through Mauritania’s Saharan Tagant region. Several people were...

Governor of Tunisia’s restive Tataouine region resigns 25 May 2017 - 11:09 am

TUNIS: The governor of Tunisia’s southern Tataouine province, which in recent weeks has been rocked by escalating popular demonstrations, abruptly announced his resignation...