S. African leader visits flood victims as death toll rises
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged to help the victims of devastating east coast floods on Wednesday, as the death toll rose to 259 from heavy rains that washed out roads ...
Over two thirds of Africans infected by coronavirus in pandemic
More than two thirds of Africans have been infected by COVID-19 since the pandemic started, 97 times more than reported confirmed cases, according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) study.
The ...
At least 7 dead after suspected bandits attack train in northern Nigeria
At least seven people were killed and several were missing after suspected bandits attacked a passenger train headed to the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna from the capital Abuja on ...
Tunisia says it has dismantled 150 militant cells in past 6 months
Tunisian police forces have dismantled about 150 militant cells in the past six months, a spokesman for the National Guard said on Saturday.
He added that some of the foreign militants ...
Saudi-led coalition launches operation against Yemen’s Houthis
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen began a military operation on Saturday to stop attacks on its oil facilities and “protect global energy sources,” Saudi state media reported.
The coalition ...
A green island turns red: Madagascans struggle through long drought
By Alkis Konstantidinis and Christophe Van Der Perre
With precious few trees left to slow the wind in this once fertile corner of southern Madagascar, red sand is blowing everywhere: ...
Google internet cable lands in Africa, promising fast connection
A subsea cable owned by Google GOOGL.O that promises to double internet speeds for millions in Africa arrived in Togo on Friday, the company said, the latest step in ...
Egypt lengthening two-way portion of Suez Canal by 10 kilometres
Egypt is working to improve the Suez Canal by making an additional 10 kilometres accessible to two-way traffic, while widening and deepening another 30 kilometres, the chairman of the authority managing the ...
Moroccan boy trapped in well dies before rescue
A small boy trapped in a well in northern Moroccan for five days died before rescuers were able to reach him late on Saturday and retrieve his body, two government ...
At least 60 people killed in militia attack in DR Congo
At least 60 people were killed in a militia attack early on Wednesday at a displaced persons’ camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the head of a local ...
Guinea-Bissau president: Failed coup may have been linked to drug trade
Guinea-Bissau‘s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived an attempted coup on Tuesday but said many members of the security forces had been killed repelling an attack on democracy that may ...
After narrow escape from violence, Cameroon refugee gives birth to triplets
Heavily pregnant Fatime Eliane journeyed for three days by foot and dugout canoe last month to flee violence in northern Cameroon between herders, farmers and fishermen.
Upon arriving in neighbouring ...
Cameroon stadium stampede kills at least eight
At least eight fans died and 38 people were injured in a stampede at the Yaounde Olembe Stadium in Cameroon on Monday before the host nation’s round of 16 game in ...
Huge explosion in Ghana mining region kills residents, fells buildings
An explosion in Ghana‘s rural Western Region on Thursday razed hundreds of buildings and killed an unknown number of residents when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine ...
Construction begins at DP World’s $1.1 bln port in Senegal
Senegal President Macky Sall on Monday laid the foundation stone for the construction of a $1.13 billion deep-water port being developed by Dubai’s state-owned port operator DP World at Ndayane, ...
Firefighters battle new blaze at South African parliament, suspect charged with arson (Update 2)
A new blaze broke out on Monday at the complex housing the two chambers of South Africa’s national parliament in Cape Town, one day after a devastating fire swept ...
Fire erupts at South African parliament building in Cape Town
By Nqobile Dludla and Wendell Roelf
A fire erupted at the South African parliament in Cape Town on Sunday, with media coverage showing flames coming from the roof of the ...
Farewell to ‘our national conscience’ at funeral of South Africa’s Tutu (Updated)
President Cyril Ramaphosa lauded the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu as “our moral compass and national conscience” as South Africa bade farewell at a state funeral on Saturday to a hero ...
South Africa lifts curfew as it says COVID-19 fourth wave peaks
South Africa has lifted a midnight to 4 a.m. curfew on people’s movement with immediate effect, believing the country has passed the peak of its fourth COVID-19 wave driven ...
Somalia’s al Shabaab fighters kill at least 7 in attack near capital
Fighters from Somalia’s al Shabaab militant group attacked a town north of the capital, Mogadishu, on Thursday, killing at least seven people as they battled government security forces, a ...
Cathedral bells toll for South Africa’s anti-apartheid hero Tutu
South Africans remembered anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu with cathedral bells, flowers and warm words on Monday, a day after he died in a Cape Town nursing home aged 90.
Tutu, ...
FACTBOX-Global reaction to the death of South Africa’s Desmond Tutu
South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a veteran of the struggle against white minority rule, died on Sunday aged 90.
Following are some reactions to his death.
PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA
“The ...
South Africa’s Bishop Desmond Tutu has died aged 90 (Update 2)
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa’s struggle against white minority rule, has died aged 90, the presidency said on Sunday.
Tutu was diagnosed with ...
US concerned over Turkey’s drone sales to conflict-hit Ethiopia
U.S. authorities have taken issue with Turkey over its sales of armed drones to Ethiopia, where two sources familiar with the matter said there was mounting evidence the government ...