Africa
Sudan orders senior United Nations officials to leave
Sudan has ordered two senior United Nations officials to leave, a UN spokesman said Thursday, after a recent spike in tensions between Khartoum and the...
Liberia is having ‘the worst Christmas ever’ because of Ebola
The Ebola epidemic has cast a dark shadow over Christmas this year in Liberia, where small businesses are especially feeling the pinch.
22 Libya soldiers slain after speedboat attack on oil ports
Islamists killed at least 22 soldiers Thursday after a surprise attack in which they used speedboats in a failed bid to seize some of Libya’s main...
Shebab stage daring attack on AU Somalia base, at least 5 dead
Gunmen attacked the African Union’s main base in the capital, Mogadishu, on Thursday leading to an exchange of gunfire between militants and soldiers...
Christmas pass for Christians in Sierra Leone’s five-day Ebola lockdown
Sierra Leone’s government has declared a five-day lockdown in the country’s north to step up efforts to contain the Ebola epidemic, while making...
Tunisia voters elect 88-year-old Beji Caid Essebsi as their President
Tunisian polling firms have declared Beji Caid Essebsi, an 88-year-old official from previous regimes, as the winner of Sunday’s presidential run-off,...
Mugabe fires cabinet ministers as purge against ex-deputy allies continues
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has fired two cabinet ministers and five deputy ministers in an apparent purge targeting allies of his former deputy...
Tunisian presidential candidates after Essebsi declares win
Veteran politician Beji Caid Essebsi declared victory in Sunday’s presidential run-off vote, seen as the last step in Tunisia’s shift to full...
Long-delayed elections kick off in Ebola-hit Liberia
Liberians began voting on Saturday in a much-delayed election that will fill half the seats of the Senate in the Ebola-ravaged west African country.
In spite of brawls, Kenya’s president signs security law
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta signed new anti-terrorism measures into law on Friday, triggering fresh protests from opposition MPs who said they would...
Nigeria struggles to combat Boko Haram as militants kill, kidnap dozens
Boko Haram has kidnapped at least 185 people, including women and children, from a Nigerian village, carting hostages away on trucks towards Sambisa Forest,...
British ex-teacher convicted of sexually abusing Kenya street boys
A former public school teacher has been convicted of sexually abusing vulnerable young Kenyan street boys.
Nigerian luxury handbags making a mark overseas
Mention northern Nigeria and the first thing that may spring to mind is Boko Haram.
International Criminal Court halts Darfur war crimes investigations
Fatou Bensouda, International Criminal Court prosecutor, has said she has suspended investigations into alleged war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur, criticising...
Boko Haram likely behind Jos bombings: Nigerian government
A double bomb attack that killed 31 people in a crowded market in the central Nigerian city of Jos was likely to have been carried out by Boko Haram, the...
Pistorius could still face murder conviction as judge allows prosecution appeal
Prosecutors who say Oscar Pistorius should have been found guilty of murder rather than culpable homicide can launch an appeal.
Pistorius appeal delayed as prosecutors say athlete’s term was ‘shockingly low’
A South African judge today delayed a ruling on whether to allow the prosecution to appeal Oscar Pistorius’s five-year prison sentence for killing...
70 Ethiopian migrants drown off coast of Yemen
At least 70 Ethiopians drowned when a boat used by smugglers to transport illegal migrants to Yemen sank in the Red Sea in rough weather, security authorities...
Malawi president declines 80 per cent increase of $3,000 monthly salary
Malawian President Peter Mutharika and his deputy have deferred a controversial pay rise for themselves, a top government official said Sunday.
Mugabe says Zimbabwe VP plotting against him in cahoots with U.S.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday accused his vice president of plotting with the United States embassy to remove him.
Kenya president ‘vindicated’ after ICC drops charges
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta (pictured) said he had been “vindicated” after the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor...
Kenyan president ‘excited’ after war crimes court drops all charges
The International Criminal Court dropped its charges against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday, a decision that took six years to make but only...
One year on, South Africa marks Nelson Mandela’s death
South Africa marked the first anniversary of former President Nelson Mandela’s death on Friday with tributes to his struggle against white-minority...
Five million children out of school in West Africa due to Ebola
Some five million children are out of school in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone because of the deadly Ebola outbreak, according to a report by the Global...
Kenya security shake-up after massacre that left 36 dead
Kenya’s president has announced a security shake-up, firing his interior minister and accepting the resignation of the national police chief, in...
WHO says Liberia, Guinea meeting Ebola targets
The World Health Organization (WHO) says the 60-day goals it set in October for tackling the Ebola outbreak in West Africa have largely successful.
Mubarak verdict fuels protests, mockery in Egypt
Protests erupted at universities across Egypt on Sunday, condemning the court decision to drop criminal charges against jailed former Egyptian president...
South African academy trains anti-poaching dogs
South Africa is training an army of attack dogs to help in its anti-poaching efforts.
Bombs, gunfire kill 120 at crowded mosque in Nigeria’s Kano: official
Gunmen set off three bombs and opened fire on worshippers at the main mosque in north Nigeria’s biggest city Kano on Friday, with a senior rescue...
Namibians cast ballots in Africa’s first ever national e-vote
Namibians voted on Friday in a general election billed as Africa’s first e-vote, with the ruling party expected to retain power in the country it...
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