Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his peacemaking efforts with Eritrea. Ethiopia and Eritrea, longtime foes who fought a border war...
Africa
Twin attacks hit EU military convoy in Somali capital and US base in Baledogle
Separate attacks hit a U.S. military base in the Somali town of Baledogle and a European military convoy in the Somali capital on Monday, a...
Hundreds of captives, many boys in chains, freed in Nigeria
More than 300 captives, most of them children and many in chains, have been rescued from a building in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, a...
Tears and tributes as leaders, supporters bid farewell to Mugabe
Zimbabwe’s founder Robert Mugabe was honoured as an icon, principled leader and African intellectual giant at a state funeral on Saturday, after a week of...
Mugabe’s body brought home but Zimbabweans unsure of his burial place
The body of Zimbabwe’s founder Robert Mugabe arrived home at the country’s main airport on Wednesday, but it was still unclear where he would be...
Pope gives hope to Mauritians who want UK to return islands
Pope Francis wrapped up his trip to Africa on Monday with a lightning visit to Mauritius, saying Mass for 100,000 people and giving hope to...
Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe dies in Singapore
Robert Mugabe, the guerrilla leader who led Zimbabwe to independence in 1980, died aged 95 on Friday, two years after the army brought an ignominious...
Pope heads to Mozambique to help consolidate peace
By Philip Pullella Pope Francis heads to Mozambique on Wednesday to encourage the country’s fragile peace, starting a three-nation African tour where climate change, poverty...
South African police make more arrests as riots spread
By Onke Ngcuka South African police arrested more than 80 people and confirmed five deaths as riots in Johannesburg and the capital Pretoria intensified on...
Thousands flee deadly violence in Cameroon’s separatist regions – sources
Thousands have fled a fresh flare-up of violence in Cameroon’s separatist English-speaking regions in the past few days, a local security source and a government...
Eggs from last northern white rhinos fertilised, scientists say
Seven eggs from the world’s last two remaining northern whiterhinos have been successfully fertilised artificially, reviving hopes of saving the endangered animals, scientists said on...
YouTube shuts accounts connected to Hong Kong misinformation
By Elizabeth Culliford and Paresh Dave SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google announced on Thursday that its YouTube streaming video service disabled...
Trade in giraffes to be regulated for first time
Countries voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to regulate international trade in giraffes, an endangered species, and in their body parts, overcoming objections by southern African states...
South African court rules display of apartheid flag constitutes hate speech
A South African court on Wednesday ruled that displaying the country’s apartheid-era flag in public constituted hate speech that discriminated against black people and violated equality laws....
At least 10 dead after fuel truck collision in western Uganda
Ten people have been killed in an explosion following an accident involving a fuel tanker in western Uganda. Police said in a statement on Monday...
Sudanese factions sign accord on transitional government
Sudan‘s main opposition coalition and the ruling military council on Saturday signed a final power-sharing agreement, paving the way for a transitional government following the...
Zimbabwe on edge as opposition challenges protest ban
Zimbabwe’s main opposition MDC has gone to court to lift a police ban on its demonstrations, an official said on Friday, as armed police and...
Scientists hail promise of first effective Ebola treatments in Congo trial
By Kate Kelland, Scientists are a step closer to finding the first effective treatments for the deadly Ebola haemorrhagic fever after two potential drugs...
WHO says no new Ebola cases in Goma, vaccinates over 1,300
The World Health Organisation has vaccinated over 1,300 people who potentially came into contact with the Ebola virus in the Congolese city of Goma, it...
Congo races to contain Ebola after gold miner contaminates several in Goma
Congolese authorities were racing to contain an Ebola epidemic on Thursday, after a gold miner with a large family contaminated several people in the east’s...
