World / Africa

11 Burkina Faso troops die in militants attack 16 Dec 2016 - 08:58 pm

Eleven Burkina Faso soldiers were killed yesterday when jihadist fighters attacked an army base in the north close to the west African country's...

The tale of two slums in South Africa as residents seek to upgrade lives 15 Dec 2016 - 07:31 pm

CAPE TOWN, South Africa: In Cape Town, the slums of Flamingo Crescent and Santini are just 20 kms apart but the gap in...

South Sudan armed groups 'recruited 100 child soldiers' 15 Dec 2016 - 05:40 pm

JUBA, South Sudan: At least 100 children were recruited as soldiers by armed groups in South Sudan in November alone despite efforts by...

Iran lawyers cleared of Kenya terror charges: reports 15 Dec 2016 - 02:04 pm

Tehran: Two Iranian lawyers charged by Kenya earlier this month with planning a terrorist act arrived home on Thursday after being acquitted and...

Kenyan court drops terror charges against two Iranians 15 Dec 2016 - 01:53 pm

NAIROBI: Kenya on Wednesday freed two Iranians accused of planning a terror attack on the Israeli Embassy in Nairobi. The two Iranians –...

Suicide attack in Mogadishu injures at least 5 15 Dec 2016 - 01:24 pm

MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least five people have been wounded Thursday in a suicide car bomb attack targeting a Mogadishu restaurant regularly frequented by...

Abducted, brutalised, ruined: siblings survive the LRA 14 Dec 2016 - 11:52 pm

Gulu, Uganda: Lily Atong's anxious eyes fix on the sky where a helicopter gunship circles over her thatched hut, so low she must...

South Africa holds South Sudan rebel leader Machar as “guest” 13 Dec 2016 - 07:43 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar, who fled to Democratic Republic of Congo in August after fierce fighting, is being held in...

Hunger gnaws at host families in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria 13 Dec 2016 - 01:12 pm

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: When Boko Haram militants stormed Kaka Mohammed's hometown of Bama in northeast Nigeria two years ago and kidnapped one of her...

Kenya giving 'serious thought' to quitting ICC 12 Dec 2016 - 04:38 pm

Nairobi: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Monday his country was seriously thinking of quitting the International Criminal Court, after several other African nations...

S.Africa: Police officers face charges over 2012 deaths 12 Dec 2016 - 04:00 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Several senior police officers in South Africa are facing criminal charges for their alleged role in the deaths of 34 mine workers...

Death toll from Kenya tanker fireball hits 40 12 Dec 2016 - 01:49 pm

Nairobi: The death toll from a fireball caused by a crash involving a tanker carrying flammable materials rose to 40 Monday, as Kenya...

Death toll from Kenya tanker fireball hits 40 12 Dec 2016 - 01:47 pm

Nairobi: The death toll from a fireball caused by a crash involving a tanker carrying flammable materials rose to 40 Monday, as Kenya...

Forecasting, commodity futures, new crops needed to break Southern Africa’s cycle of hunger 11 Dec 2016 - 09:45 pm

ROME: Breaking the cycle of drought and hunger in Southern Africa, where 39 million people are suffering a drought-induced food crisis, will need...

African governments urged to help 3.5 million people uprooted from their homes in 2015 11 Dec 2016 - 09:28 pm

ADDIS ABABA: As many as 3.5 million people in Africa were uprooted from their homes in 2015 due to conflict and natural disasters...

Small girls stage suicide attack at market, 17 hurt 11 Dec 2016 - 02:42 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Two girls approximately seven or eight years old blew themselves up in a northeastern Nigerian market on Sunday, killing themselves and...

Over 200 killed in Nigeria church collapse 11 Dec 2016 - 02:25 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: At least 200 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds others injured in Saturday afternoon's collapse of a church in Nigeria’s...

Young Nigerian girls blow themselves up at market, hurt 'at least 17' 11 Dec 2016 - 02:02 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Two little girls approximately seven or eight years old blew themselves up in a northeastern Nigerian market on Sunday, killing themselves...