World / Africa

DR Congo and Rwanda ministers meet in Angola as tensions rise 05 Nov 2022 - 11:34 pm

Luanda: The foreign ministers of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda met in Angola on Saturday, in the latest effort to de-escalate...

Uganda extends lockdowns as Ebola spreads 05 Nov 2022 - 09:24 pm

Kampala: Uganda on Saturday extended a three-week lockdown on two districts at the centre of an Ebola outbreak which has claimed over 50...

Missing cargo plane found in DR Congo: airport source 05 Nov 2022 - 08:48 pm

Goma: The remains of a cargo plane missing with three people on board were found in a national park in the Democratic Republic...

Pilot strike disrupts Kenya Airways flights 05 Nov 2022 - 04:57 pm

Nairobi: A strike by Kenya Airways pilots forced nearly two dozen flight cancellations on Saturday, affecting thousands of passengers, the beleaguered national carrier...

Uganda's Museveni vows no national lockdown as Ebola cases rise 04 Nov 2022 - 09:29 pm

Kampala: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday reiterated his refusal to impose a nationwide Covid-like lockdown to contain the spread of Ebola despite...

Drought has killed 205 Kenyan elephants in 10 months, minister says 04 Nov 2022 - 02:53 pm

NAIROBI: Drought in Kenya killed 205 elephants and scores of other wildlife between February and October as much of East Africa endures its...

After Ethiopia truce, UN urges reparations for victims 03 Nov 2022 - 11:39 pm

GENEVA: The truce reached between Ethiopia's warring parties marks an "encouraging and bold step" towards peace, the UN rights chief said on Thursday,...

Guinea junta gives order to prosecute ex-president Conde 03 Nov 2022 - 04:39 pm

Conakry: Guinea's ruling junta on Thursday ordered prosecutors to take legal action against former president Alpha Conde, whom it overthrew in a 2021...

Multiple fires ravage Mount Kilimanjaro 03 Nov 2022 - 03:57 pm

Dar es Salaam: Multiple fires on Mount Kilimanjaro have ravaged vegetation and wildlife, Tanzania's Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said Thursday as hundreds of...

Uganda says Ebola outbreak death toll rises to 48 03 Nov 2022 - 03:09 pm

JOHANNESBURG: The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in Uganda has risen to 48, with 131 confirmed cases, a health official involved in...

Millions at risk of hunger in South Sudan: UN 03 Nov 2022 - 12:45 pm

Juba: Almost eight million people in South Sudan, or two thirds of the population in the deeply-troubled country, are at risk of hunger,...

Zimbabwe asks for public view on judges' wigs 02 Nov 2022 - 11:40 pm

Harare: Zimbabweans have been asked to help decide whether judges should stop the colonial tradition of wearing wigs and to suggest alternative headgear...

Ethiopia warring parties agree to truce deal 02 Nov 2022 - 08:37 pm

Pretoria: The warring sides in Ethiopia's devastating conflict have agreed on a truce, the African Union's mediator announced on Wednesday following marathon talks...

Tanzania deploys army to battle Mount Kilimanjaro fire 01 Nov 2022 - 08:16 pm

Dar es Salaam: Tanzania on Tuesday mobilised soldiers to reinforce civilian firefighters and volunteers stretched thin by a wildfire on Africa's highest peak,...

Gambia says it has not yet confirmed cough syrup as cause of child deaths 31 Oct 2022 - 10:14 pm

Banjul: Gambia has not yet confirmed that toxic cough syrup was the cause of the deaths of 70 children from acute kidney injury,...

Malawi cholera death toll rises to 180 31 Oct 2022 - 06:45 pm

Blantyre: The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Malawi accelerated to 180 from 110 in October, the minister of health said on...

DR Congo expels Rwandan ambassador as M23 rebels gain ground 30 Oct 2022 - 11:39 pm

Goma: The authorities in Kinshasa on Saturday announced they were expelling the Rwandan ambassador as M23 rebels they accuse Kigali of supporting made...