Around 20 dies as boat sinks on DR Congo lake
Rescuers have recovered some 20 bodies after a boat carrying people and merchandise capsized Thursday on Lake Kivu in eastern DR Congo, security and harbour sources said.
Africa
48 dead in Sudan paramilitary attacks on Darfur city
Two days of attacks by Sudanese paramilitaries on the Darfur city of El-Fasher killed 48 people, a medical source told AFP on Friday, after world leaders appealed for an end to the country鈥檚 suffering.
18 killed in Sudan market attack
A paramilitary attack on a market in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher killed 18 people, a medical source told AFP on Friday, after world leaders appealed for an end to the country鈥檚...
30 bodies found in boat adrift off Senegal coast
Senegal鈥檚 navy has recovered at least 30 bodies from a boat discovered adrift around 70 kilometres off the coast of the capital Dakar, the army said on Monday.
Tanzania arrests opposition leaders, blocks protest
Police arrested Tanzania鈥檚 top opposition figures on Monday, their party said, as the authorities moved to block a mass protest in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam.
Researchers decode oldest human DNA from S Africa to date
Researchers have reconstructed the oldest human genomes ever found in South Africa from two people who lived around 10,000 years ago, allowing a better understanding of how the...
Chad floods killed 503, 1.7m affected
Severe flooding in Chad since July has claimed 503 lives and affected around 1.7 million since July, the United Nations said Saturday in its latest assessment of the disaster.
150 in Moroccan court over migration incitement
More than 150 people have appeared in a Moroccan court for alleged incitement of illegal migration, a government spokesman said on Thursday, after a failed...
3 Americans, dozens sentenced to death in DR Congo 鈥榗oup鈥� trial
Three Americans were among 37 people sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday over what the army says was a coup attempt.
S Sudan postpones elections, extends transitional period
South Sudan said Friday that long-awaited elections would be postponed for a further two years, once again extending a transitional period agreed in a peace deal.
Tanzania police ban opposition protest
Tanzanian police said on Friday they were banning the main opposition party from holding a protest against killings and abductions of its members.
Mpox vaccine access set to speed up as WHO approves first jab
The WHO said on Friday it had for the first time prequalified an mpox vaccine 鈥� a move expected to speed up access to the jabs to fight an epidemic raging in Africa.
Dozens of inmates break out of Liberia jail
Forty-seven inmates broke out of a jail in central Liberia and authorities are undertaking 鈥榓ll necessary measures鈥� to capture them, the justice ministry said on Monday.
Fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria kills 59
A fuel tanker exploded after colliding with a truck carrying passengers and cattle in northern Nigeria, killing at least 59 people, a rescue agency said on Monday....
Sudan rejects UN call for 鈥榠mpartial鈥� force to protect civilians
Sudan has rejected a call by UN experts for the deployment of an 鈥榠ndependent and impartial force鈥� to protect millions of civilians driven from their homes by more than...