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...
Africa
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South Sudan’s vice president has withdrawn with his troops to outside of Juba but is not planning for war, his spokesman said on Wednesday, as...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...
