World / Africa

Ten killed in Zambia copper mine dump collapse -police 20 Jun 2018 - 03:10 pm

LUSAKA: Ten people were killed and another 10 injured after a dumping site for copper mining waste collapsed in the town of Kitwe...

Eritrea welcomes Ethiopia PM's olive branch, raising hopes of breakthrough 20 Jun 2018 - 02:59 pm

ADDIS ABABA: Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki raised hopes of a breakthrough in one of Africa's most intractable conflicts on Wednesday by describing recent...

Mali admits soldiers implicated in deaths during security sweep 20 Jun 2018 - 09:31 am

Bamako, Mali's defence minister admitted on Tuesday that soldiers were involved in killings in the country's unstable centre, after the discovery of a...

Twenty-five bodies found after army sweep in Mali 18 Jun 2018 - 05:04 pm

Bamako, Twenty-five bodies were found in central Mali after the army carried out a sweep in the unstable region, sources said on Monday,...

Bemba can return to DRCongo 'if he wants': govt 17 Jun 2018 - 05:07 pm

Kinshasa, Former Democratic Republic of Congo vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba "can return" home if he wants to, following his acquittal on appeal of...

Suicide blasts in NE Nigeria kill at least 31 17 Jun 2018 - 03:41 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Suspected Boko Haram jihadists killed at least 31 people in a twin suicide bomb attack on a town in northeast Nigeria,...

23 presidential candidates cleared for Zimbabwe's July vote 15 Jun 2018 - 12:43 am

Harare: A record 23 presidential candidates were cleared on Thursday to run in Zimbabwe's elections due on July 30, including incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa...

South Sudan's warring leaders invited to meet next week 13 Jun 2018 - 08:39 pm

KINSHASA: South Sudan's president and rebel leader have been invited to meet face-to-face next week in Ethiopia in an effort to end a...

Nigeria's Buhari apologises for annulled 1993 election 12 Jun 2018 - 03:27 pm

Abuja: Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday offered a symbolic apology to the deceased winner of the 1993 democratic election that was annulled...

Burundi's president says he won't run for another term 07 Jun 2018 - 02:44 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: Burundi's president announced Thursday he will not run for another term, even as he put in place a new constitution that...

Wreckage of small plane with 10 on board found in Kenya 07 Jun 2018 - 01:16 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: The wreckage of a small plane carrying 10 people was spotted southwest of Kenya's Aberdare mountain range nearly two days after...

Father kills son outside school in S.Africa gun tragedy 06 Jun 2018 - 07:54 pm

Johannesburg: In a freak accident, a man shot dead his 14-year-old son outside his school in South Africa where he had been waiting...

Plane with 10 aboard goes missing in Kenya 06 Jun 2018 - 12:18 pm

Nairobi: Rescue teams on Wednesday were looking for a small plane with 10 people on board that went missing north of the Kenyan...

Ethiopia's parliament approves government's move to end emergency rule 05 Jun 2018 - 11:32 am

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia's parliament approved on Tuesday the government's decision to lift a six-month state of emergency two months earlier than planned, state-affiliated...

Madagascar PM makes way for 'consensus' premier in step to end crisis 04 Jun 2018 - 11:54 am

Antananarivo: Madagascar's prime minister announced his resignation on Monday in the first step towards the naming of a "consensus" premier to resolve a...

Building collapses in Kenya's capital; police report 3 dead 03 Jun 2018 - 12:28 pm

Nairobi, Kenya: Three people have been killed when a building collapsed in Nairobi's low income residential area of Huruma, a police official and...

Cattle rustlers kill 23 in northern Nigeria: official 03 Jun 2018 - 11:47 am

Kano, Nigeria, Cattle thieves have killed 23 people in northern Nigeria's Zamfara state which has been battling cattle rustling and kidnapping in recent...