Africa
Eight SA police guilty of murdering taxi driver who caused traffic jam
Eight police officers have been found guilty of the murder of taxi driver Mido Macia in South Africa in 2013.
Prosecutors launch Blade Runner Pistorius murder appeal
Prosecutors have begun an appeal against the verdict in the Oscar Pistorius case, arguing he should have been convicted of murder.
IS ‘beheads’ 12 in battle for Col Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte
Islamic State group jihadists have beheaded 12 people and hung them on crosses during a battle for the coastal city of Sirte, the national news agency...
Nigeria gives military three months to end Boko Haram attacks
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari swore in a new set of military chiefs on Thursday, ordering them to end Boko Haram’s bloody six-year Islamist...
Blast kills around 50 in Nigeria’s Borno state
At least 47 people were killed and dozens wounded in a bomb blast Tuesday in a part of northeast Nigeria frequently targeted by Boko Haram Islamists, a...
Four hostages freed but 13 left dead as Mali hotel siege brought to an end
At least 13 people are thought to have been killed, including five UN workers, in a hostage siege at a hotel in the central Malian town of Sevare. A...
Four hostages freed but 12 left dead as Mali hotel siege brought to an end
Four hostages have been freed from a hotel in central Mali after a standoff with Islamic extremists that left 12 people dead. Mali’s defence...
Suspected Islamists kill seven, take hostages in Mali hotel
Several hostages, including a number of foreigners, were caught in a standoff in central Mali Friday after gunmen stormed a hotel during a shootout with...
Hopes fade for survivors in Libya boat tragedy with 200 now feared dead
Hopes faded of finding survivors of the latest Mediterranean boat tragedy, in which an estimated 200 migrants drowned, on Thursday as rescue ships were...
Cecil hunter says charges against him are ‘crazy’ and 'frivolous’
A professional hunter accused of failing to prevent the unlawful killing of Cecil the lion has branded the charges against him “crazy” as he...
Two hunters in court over $50,000 killing of Zimbabwe’s Cecil the lion
Two Zimbabwean men charged with poaching following the killing of Cecil the lion have arrived in court. Theo Bronkhorst, a professional hunter with...
Two hunters to face Zimbabwe court after dentist paid $50,000 to hunt and kill Cecil the lion
Two men were due to appear in a Zimbabwean court on poaching charges Wednesday after a wealthy American dentist killed a beloved lion at a national park,...
Burundi vice president flees,100 students seek refuge at U.S. embassy
Burundian students broke into the US embassy to escape police Thursday as one of the country’s vice presidents announced he had fled to Belgium,...
Obama: Africa must create more jobs to stifle unrest among youth
Closing a historic visit to Africa, President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged the continent’s leaders to prioritise creating jobs and opportunity for...
Obama’s human rights call tempers praise for Ehtiopia’s push to propserity
Barack Obama told Ethiopia’s leaders on Monday that allowing more freedoms would strengthen the African nation, which had already lifted millions...
Rise of Islamic militants on agenda as Obama meets Ethiopian leader
Barack Obama met the Ethiopian prime minister on Monday on the first visit by a serving U.S.
Obama: I’m here as a friend who wants Kenya to succeed
Barack Obama told Kenyans on Sunday on his first presidential trip to his father’s homeland that there was “no limit to what you can achieve”...
At least 14 killed as ‘Boko Haram female suicide bomber’ targets nightclub
At least 14 people have been killed after a bomb exploded at a popular night spot in Cameroon.
Suspected Islamists attack Nigerian village
At least 25 people were killed in new suspected Boko Haram attacks in northeastern Nigeria, with many villagers forced to flee their homes.
Obama returns to his father’s homeland amid ‘suffocating security’
Barack Obama will land in Kenya on Friday with a mission to strengthen U.S. security and economic ties but his return to his father’s birthplace...
At least 29 dead as deadly bomb blasts rip through Nigerian bus stations
At least 29 people died and 60 were wounded in multiple bomb blasts at two bus stations in the northern Nigerian city of Gombe on Wednesday evening, a...
Three girls blow themselves up in deadly Nigeria attacks
Three girls staged suicide bombings in the Nigerian city of Damaturu on Friday, killing at least 13 people as residents prepared for the Eid festival at...
Boko Haram offers to swap 200 kidnapped girls for detained leaders
Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram is offering to hand over more than 200 girls kidnapped last year in exchange for the release of a number of militant...
Tunisia fears new ‘terrorist attacks’: PM
Tunisia fears more potentially destabilising “terrorist attacks,” like the one that killed 38 foreign tourists last month, which is why it...
Al Shabaab gunmen attack sleeping Kenyan villagers leaving at least 14 dead
At least 14 people have been killed and 11 wounded in an attack in northeastern Kenya.
Boko Haram kills nearly 200 in 48 hours of Nigeria slaughter
Boko Haram carried out a fresh wave of massacres in northeastern Nigeria on Friday, locals said, killing nearly 200 people in 48 hours of violence President...
Over 100 Muslims massacred in Boko Haram sweep in Nigera
Boko Haram militants have killed nearly 150 people in northeastern Nigerian villages, mowing down men and children while they prayed in mosques and shooting...
Tunisia beach massacre: Eight suspects to be charged, two more hunted
Eight suspects arrested in connection with the deadly attack on a Tunisian beach resort are to be charged, it is understood.
At least 30 soldiers killed in Egypt as militants launch wave of attacks
At least 30 Egyptian soldiers have been killed in a wave of simultaneous attacks unleashed by Islamist militants, military officials say.
Breaking news: 30 soldiers killed in Egypt by wave of terror attacks
At least 30 Egyptian soldiers have been killed in a wave of simultaneous attacks unleashed by Islamist militants, military officials say.
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