Africa
Libya’s chaotic descent continues as battle breaks out for Benghazi port
Pro-government forces launched an attack on districts held by Islamist militias around the port of eastern Libya’s restive city of Benghazi on Monday,...
Boko Haram suspected after suicide blast, prison break in Nigeria
More than 130 prisoners are on the run after dynamite was used to free them from the Koton Karfi prison in Kogi state, central Nigeria.
Gunfire rings out at Burkina Faso state TV headquarters
Gunfire rang out on Sunday at the headquarters of Burkina Faso’s state-run RTB Television as the broadcaster went off air amid a power struggle following...
Despite gov’t claims, Boko Haram dashes hopes of Chibok girls’ return
A man claiming to be Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said more than 200 girls kidnapped by the group six months ago had been “married off”...
Boko Haram says Chibok’s kidnapped schoolgirls have been ‘married off’
Boko Haram has claimed the 219 schoolgirls it kidnapped in Nigeria earlier this year have converted to Islam and been married off, according to a new video...
Second claimant steps into Burkina Faso vacuum after president bolts
The second-in-command of Burkina Faso’s presidential guard, Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida (pic above), said on Saturday he had taken power after...
Africa asks: ‘If Burkina can do it, why can’t we?’
An army general took power in Burkina Faso Friday after President Blaise Compaore stepped down, ending his 27 year rule of the West African country.
30 feared dead as Nigeria bus station hit by triple bomb blast
30 people are feared dead after three bombs concealed in bags exploded in a bus station in north Nigeria’s Gombe state during the Friday morning...
Zimbabwe opposition hopes to reboot and challenge Mugabe
Enfeebled by its electoral loss to veteran leader Robert Mugabe and a post-vote split, Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change meets...
Chaos in Burkina Faso as president dissolves government
Burkina Faso’s military dissolved parliament and announced a transitional government on Thursday after violent protests against President Blaise...
Africa’s first white leader in 20 years appointed as Zambia’s ‘King Cobra’ dies
Zambia’s Guy Scott became Africa’s first white head of state in 20 years on Wednesday after the president, “King Cobra” Michael...
Fruits of the Arab Spring: Tunisia elections proclaimed as “free”
Foreign observers praised Tunisia’s “free” elections ahead of the release of results Wednesday, after the Islamists conceded defeat in...
Pirates hijack gunboat in Niger Delta, kidnap workers
Pirates in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta hijacked a police gunboat, killed three officers and kidnapped at least nine local oil workers, the military...
Prosecutors to appeal Oscar Pistorius verdict and sentence
South Africa’s state prosecutors say they will appeal against the conviction and sentence handed to double amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius.
Kidnapped women ‘used by Boko Haram on front line’: rights group
Boko Haram has used kidnapped young women and girls on the front lines of its insurgency, according to a new report published on Monday, after a fresh...
Secular party upbeat as Tunisia awaits ‘milestone’ election results
Tunisia’s main secular party was in a confident mood Monday with vote counting underway following a general election seen as critical for democracy...
Fears Boko Haram’s deadly reign could peak, French general says
Cameroonian troops killed 39 Boko Haram fighters in clashes with the Islamists who were carrying out three raids on the West African country’s territory.
Ugandan beauty queens swap make-up for muck-out with new farming focus
A former mushroom and poultry farmer has been crowned Miss Uganda following a major rebranding of the annual beauty pageant, now designed to promote agriculture...
Mali seeks to calm Ebola panic as Mauritania closes border
Mali authorities on Saturday sought to calm fears after Ebola claimed its first victim in the African country, a contagious toddler who took a 1,000-kilometre...
First Ebola patient in Mali dies; WHO says vaccine not ready until mid-2015
A two-year-old girl who was Mali’s first case of Ebola died on Friday, shortly after the World Health Organization warned that many people had potentially...
Mali becomes sixth West African nation hit with Ebola
Mali’s health minister says the West African country has confirmed its first case of Ebola.
Two dead in Sierra Leone Ebola riot as WHO starts vaccine trials
Tensions surrounding the Ebola epidemic raging in West Africa sparked a deadly riot in Sierra Leone as the World Health Organization prepared Wednesday...
Oscar Pistorius begins five-year jail term - but he may be out in 10 months
Oscar Pistorius has been taken away in a police van with barred windows to start serving a five-year prison sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Nigerian elders question Boko Haram ‘ceasefire’ deal
Nigeria’s government may have negotiated a supposed ceasefire with only one faction of Boko Haram, an influential regional group has said, as violence...
Nigeria declared Ebola free after 42 days without a fresh case
Nigeria has been declared officially free of Ebola after six weeks with no new cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
'Honeymoon hitman' dies in South African prison
One of the men convicted of killing newlywed Anni Dewani has died in a prison in Cape Town, a South African official has confirmed.
Suspected Boko Haram fighters continue to terrorize Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed several people in two attacks on Nigerian villages that occurred after the government announced a ceasefire...
Women and children ‘hacked to death’ in DR Congo town
At least 22 people, most of them women and children, have been hacked and clubbed to death in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, just days after...
Boko Haram ‘agrees truce and release of 219 kidnapped Nigerian girls’
Nigeria’s presidency says it has agreed a ceasefire with militants Boko Haram which would see the return of 219 kidnapped girls.
Sobbing Pistorius deserves 10 years in jail, insists prosecution
Oscar Pistorius solemnly hugged his lawyer Barry Roux today and then sat down alone in court as the defence and prosecutions teams finished their closing...
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