Passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, at least 19 dead (Update 3)
A Precision Air flight carrying 39 passengers made a crash landing into Lake Victoria on Sunday while attempting to reach a nearby airport in Tanzania,...
Africa
Nine health workers kidnapped in restive northwest Cameroon
Nine health workers have been kidnapped from a government-run hospital in Cameroon’s restive northwest, one of two regions where armed separatists have been fighting government...
Emirates suspends Nigerian flights again over trapped ticket sales
Dubai’s Emirates has suspended flights to Nigeria for the second time since September citing an inability to repatriate funds from Africa’s biggest economy, the airline...
Gambia says it has not yet confirmed cough syrup as cause of child deaths
Gambia has not yet confirmed that toxic cough syrup was the cause of the deaths of 70 children from acute kidney injury, a representative of...
Busking Brit crosses Iraq on his way to COP27 without flying
With a violin on his back and maps in his bag, Dan Hodd left Spain a month ago and was cycling through busy Baghdad as...
Somalia president: at least 100 people killed in car bombs
At least 100 people were killed and 300 injured in two car bombs that exploded outside the education ministry in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday,...
Ethiopia’s Tigray runs out of medical supplies amid health crisis: WHO
Ethiopia’s Tigray region has run out of medical supplies such as vaccines, antibiotics and insulin, World Health Organization officials said on Friday, warning that many...
Nigeria loses compensation bid over Glencore bribery
Nigeria’s bid to claim compensation from a British subsidiary of mining and trading group Glencore GLEN.L over bribes paid to officials at Nigeria’s state oil company was...
Uganda steps up Ebola response as virus infects 109, kills 30
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to 109 and the outbreak has claimed 30 lives, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng said...
Ethiopia peace talks start in South Africa
The first formal peace talks aimed at ending two years of war between the Ethiopian army and forces from the country’s northern region of Tigray...
