Benin burning waste explosion kills two people
An explosion at a waste burning site in Benin killed two people and injured at least 60, the health ministry said on Friday. The blast
Africa
Gabon opposition leader says two killed, many wounded after disputed vote
By Gerauds Wilfried Obangome and Matthew Mpoke Bigg Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping said on Thursday two people were killed and many wounded when the
Africa forest elephants may take almost a century to recover from poaching
Africa’s rare forest elephants which play a key role in replenishing the central African rainforests will need almost a century to recover from an onslaught
Car bomb outside Somali President’s Palace kills at least 10
At least 10 people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed in Somalia‘s capital Mogadishu on Tuesday when a car bomb claimed by al Shabaab exploded
Nigeria would let Boko Haram pick NGO intermediary in talks to free Chibok girls
Nigeria would let Boko Haram choose a non-profit organisation as an intermediary in any talks on the release of about 200 schoolgirls kidnapped from the
South Africa finance minister to be charged for graft – City Press newspaper
South Africa Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan may be charged this week for graft, the City Press newspaper reported on Sunday, citing senior sources in the
Judge rejects prosecutor request to appeal Pistorius sentence
A South African judge dismissed on Friday a request by state prosecutors to appeal Oscar Pistorius’ six-year murder sentence, the latest twist in a trial
Death toll in Somalia beach restaurant attack rises to 10
The death toll from an attack late on Thursday by Islamic militants on a seaside restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 10,
Nigerian air force says kills top Boko Haram militants as Kerry arrives
Nigeria’s air force said it had killed a number of senior Boko Haram fighters and possibly their overall leader, as US Secretary of State John
Militants launch car bomb, gun attack on Somali police base, ten dead (Updated)
Militants set off two car bombs outside a police base in Somalia’s capital before gunmen stormed inside on Sunday, leaving at least 10 people dead,
Suicide bombers attack peacekeepers’ main base in Somali capital (Updated)
Suicide bombers killed at least seven people as they tried to blast their way into the African Union’s main peacekeeping base in Somalia’s capital on
South Africa to appeal ‘shockingly lenient’ Pistorius sentence
South Africa’s government will appeal Oscar Pistorius‘ six-year murder sentence because it was “shockingly lenient”, state prosecutors said on Thursday. The Paralympic gold medallist was
Suspected Islamist recruiter kills four at Kenyan police station (Updated)
A suspected recruiter for the Somali militant group al Shabaab shot dead at least four Kenyan policemen in the station where he was being held
South Sudan’s vice president ‘leaves Juba, not seeking war’
South Sudan’s vice president has withdrawn with his troops to outside of Juba but is not planning for war, his spokesman said on Wednesday, as
South Sudanese emerge from shelters after heavy fighting
People emerged from makeshift shelters in South Sudan‘s capital on Tuesday after a ceasefire silenced days of heavy fighting that has destabilised the world’s newest
Heavy fighting in South Sudan risks return to civil war (Updated)
Heavy fighting involving tanks and helicopters raged in South Sudan on Monday between troops loyal to the president and those backing the vice president, risking
Death toll from South Sudan fighting climbs to 272 – government source
By Denis Dumo At least 272 people have died in fighting between South Sudan’s rival factions in the capital Juba, including 33 civilians, a government
Militants blow up oil pipelines in Nigeria (Update)
Militants launched a fresh round of attacks on oil pipelines in Nigeria’s southern Niger Delta energy hub belonging to Italy’s Eni and Aiteo, Nigerian security
Six killed in gun attack on two buses in Kenya’s Mandera
At least six people were killed when gunmen sprayed two buses with bullets on Friday in Kenya’s Mandera county on the border with Somalia, a
At least 18 killed by a roadside bomb in Somalia
At least 18 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb went off on Thursday in Somalia’s Lafole town, southwest of the capital, blowing up a