Worst yet to come in Africa drought: UN
A record drought that has devastated crops across southern Africa, causing millions of people to go hungry and pushing five countries to declare a national disaster, is entering...
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S African police detain 95 Libyans
South African authorities rounded up 95 Libyans on Friday in a raid at a farm that appeared to have been converted into an illegal military training...
Morocco heatwave kills 20 in 24 hours
A heatwave in Morocco has killed at least 21 people in a 24-hour period in the central city of Beni Mellal, the health ministry announced on Thursday.
Ethiopia landslide death toll could reach 500: UN
The United Nations warned on Thursday that the death toll from landslides in southern Ethiopia could soar to up to 500.
Ford Foundation denies it backing Kenya protests
The US-based Ford Foundation on Tuesday rejected accusations by Kenyan President William Ruto that it was sponsoring 鈥榓narchy鈥� and funding deadly...
Rwanda鈥檚 Kagame wins fourth term
Rwandan President Paul Kagame was gearing up for a fourth term in office on Tuesday after winning a 99.15 per cent of the vote in an election where only two challengers were allowed to run against him....
6 firefighters killed in South Africa
Six firefighters died after being trapped by a runaway wildfire in eastern South Africa, authorities said Monday, taking to 14 the number of lives lost in just over a week of...
Kenya suspect confesses to killing 42 women
Kenyan police said Monday they had arrested a 鈥榮erial killer鈥� suspect who had confessed to murdering 42 women before dumping their dismembered bodies in a...
Somalia cafe attack kills nine during Euro final
The death toll from a blast at a cafe in Somalia鈥檚 capital Mogadishu has climbed to nine, security sources told AFP Monday, after a car bomb struck the venue packed with...
Rwanda goes to polls as Paul Kagame set to extend rule
Rwandans began voting in presidential and parliamentary elections on Monday, with the African nation鈥檚 leader Paul Kagame set to extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years....
Tunisia govt arrests opposition deputy leader
A leader of Tunisia鈥檚 Islamist-inspired opposition party Ennahdha was arrested Saturday, his party said in a statement on Facebook...
8 killed in Mogadishu prison gunfire
Five inmates said to be from Somalia鈥檚 Al-Shabaab jihadist group and three guards were killed in a blaze of gunfire during an attempted breakout from the main prison in the...
Seven people killed in northern Vietnam landslide
At least seven people were found dead in northern Vietnam after a landslide triggered by heavy rain buried the van they were travelling in, state media reports said on Saturday...
Sierra Leone fights another deadly fever
Ten years ago, the haemorrhagic Ebola virus devastated this region, killing over 11,000 people across Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia...
US troops leave Niger base at Niamey
US troops have completed a withdrawal from their base in Niger鈥檚 capital of Niamey and will fully depart from Agadez in the north before a September 15 deadline set by the...