Africa
Malawi floods death toll triples, 200,000 homeless
The death toll from floods ravaging Malawi has risen to 176, with many more missing and 200,000 homeless, Vice President Saulos Chilima said Friday.
UN: At least 50 Ebola hotspots remain, but new cases falling
At least 50 Ebola hotspots remain in the three hardest-hit West African countries but new cases are declining and the deadly disease will be defeated,...
100 feared lost after boat catches fire and sinks in Central African Republic
Nearly 100 people are feared missing in the Central African Republic after a boat caught fire and sank on a river in the strife-torn country this week,...
International force to fight Boko Haram in Nigeria?
As Islamic militants from Boko Haram step up attacks in Nigeria that have led to the slaughter of more civilians, there is increasing talk that international...
Boko Haram increases attacks as Nigeria elections loom
Boko Haram, Nigeria’s homegrown Islamic extremist group, is increasing the ferocity and tempo of its attacks, destabilizing Africa’s most populous...
African nation bans witchdoctors to prevent grisly murders of albinos
Tanzania has banned witchdoctors to try and stem a surge in murders of people with albinism, whose body parts are sold for witchcraft, officials said Wednesday.
Boko Haram’s insurgency now one of the deadliest conflicts on earth
The insurgency in Northern Nigeria is now one of the deadliest conflicts on earth, with more than 6,000 people killed in 2014 and nearly 10,500 dead since...
Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army rebel chief to be tried at international court
Captured Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army rebel chief Dominic Ongwen will be sent to the International Criminal Court to face charges of war crimes...
Ray of hope: Ebola could end in Liberia by June, researchers say
Liberia, the African nation at the center of world’s deadliest Ebola outbreak, could see an end to the epidemic by June if 85 percent of sick people...
Fatalities after drinking contaminated beer rise to 72 in Mozambique
Three more people have died after drinking contaminated beer in Mozambique, bringing the death toll to 72, as the number hospitalized fell by more than...
Nigeria’s military says 150 killed in Boko Haram clashes in Baga
Nigeria’s military said on Monday that at least 150 people had been killed in clashes with Islamists in the northeastern town of Baga, giving a rare...
Cairo court clears 26 men accused of ‘debauchery’ in Turkish bath
An Egyptian court on Monday acquitted 26 men accused of “debauchery” after their night-time arrest from a Cairo bathhouse for suspected homosexual...
Nigeria hit by wave of suicide bombings as violence spikes
Four people were killed in suicide attacks by two female bombers on Sunday in the latest deadly violence in northeast Nigeria after the military appealed...
'Deadliest massacre': why does Nigeria struggle to stop Boko Haram?
In the latest campaign by the African Islamic militant group Boko Haram, hundreds of gunmen reportedly overtook the town of Baga, its neighboring villages,...
Girl, 10, detonates suicide bomb in Nigeria, killing 19 and injuring 18
A suicide bomb attack by a young girl thought to be as young as 10 in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed 19 people, police said on Saturday.
Peace talks bring East African leaders to Somalia for first time in decades
For the first time in three decades, East African foreign ministers are meeting in Mogadishu to push peace efforts in war-torn Somalia.
WHO: Ebola may be leveling off in Sierra Leone, disease still far from over
The spread of Ebola in Sierra Leone, the country worst affected by the virus, may at last be slowing down, despite reports of nearly 250 new confirmed...
U.S. forces holding man claiming to be top-level Kony defector
Washington is trying to verify reports that a senior commander of the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army has surrendered to American forces, a US official...
Liberia to reopen schools in February as threat of Ebola starts to recede
Liberia announced plans to reopen schools in February, six months after the government ordered them closed because of the Ebola outbreak that has killed...
Boko Haram seizes Nigerian army base
Boko Haram extremists have killed scores of soldiers in a bold attack on a multinational military base in northeast Nigeria.
Ebola fight remains tough but may be won this year: U.N. mission chief
The world can stamp out the Ebola outbreak in West Africa by the end of the year but months of tough work remain, the outgoing chief of the United Nations’...
Lions kill donkeys, Maasai kill lions: The struggle for survival in Tanzania
Angry Maasai herders in Tanzania have killed six lions that had attacked livestock, in the latest clash between man and beast in the region.
US denies any role in alleged Gambia coup attempt
The United States denied it had any role in an apparent coup attempt in The Gambia, after the African nation’s leader Yahya Jammeh blamed the attack...
Egypt court orders retrial for jailed Al-Jazeera journalists
Three Al Jazeera journalists jailed in Egypt are to face a retrial. The decision, which was made by an appeals court after a hearing lasting a few minutes,...
Suicide bomber injures Nigerian churchgoers hours after 7 die in bus bomb
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside an evangelist church in northeast Nigeria on Thursday, injuring several people.
'They wanted to overthrow regime': Soldiers block off center of Gambian capital
An attempted coup by disaffected soldiers in The Gambia was foiled on Tuesday, military and diplomatic sources said.
Cameroon bombs Boko Haram positions in Nigeria
Cameroon’s army killed at least 41 Islamist militants as it fought off a wave of attacks along its border with Nigeria over the weekend in an escalation...
Wanted Islamic extremist surrenders to Somali police
Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, a leader with the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab who has a US$3 million bounty on his head, surrendered to police in Somalia...
Sudan steps up pressure on UN as it reviews Darfur force
Sudan’s government is stepping up pressure on the United Nations as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon prepares recommendations on the future of a joint...
22 Libyan soldiers killed as armed speedboats attack oil terminals
More than 20 soldiers have been killed in a surprise attack in which fighters used speedboats in a failed bid to seize some of Libya’s main oil terminals.
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