World / Africa

Kenyan lawyer says he is blocked from returning home 08 Jan 2020 - 05:43 pm

NAIROBI: A Kenyan lawyer says he was removed from an Air France flight as he tried to return home months after being deported...

Kenyan police arrest three for trying to breach British army camp 06 Jan 2020 - 01:01 pm

Nairobi: Police arrested three men who tried to break into a British army camp in Laikipia in central Kenya, police said in a...

Al-Shabab attacks military base used by US forces in Kenya 05 Jan 2020 - 05:36 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: Al-Shabab extremists overran a key military base used by U.S. counterterror forces in Kenya before dawn Sunday, destroying U.S. aircraft and...

Power cuts return to South Africa 05 Jan 2020 - 03:19 pm

Johannesburg: South Africa's electricity utility Eskom at the weekend resumed power outages, citing a "vulnerable" generating system, just weeks after implementing the severest...

Islamist group al Shabaab attacks Kenya base used by Kenyan, US forces 05 Jan 2020 - 09:50 am

NAIROBI: Somalia's Islamist group al Shabaab on Sunday attacked a military base in Lamu county in Kenya that is used by both U.S....

Fourteen killed in bomb attack on bus convoy in Burkina Faso 05 Jan 2020 - 09:18 am

Dakar - Fourteen people were killed and 19 wounded when a bus carrying students ran over an improvised explosive device on Saturday in...

Zimbabwe's parched Bulawayo rations to save dwindling water 02 Jan 2020 - 07:16 pm

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe: Families in the southern Zimbabwean city of Bulawayo are going up to four days without running water as drought dries the...

3 killed as gunmen attack bus near Kenya's border with Somalia 02 Jan 2020 - 06:14 pm

Nairobi: At least three people were killed near Kenya's southeastern border with Somalia Thursday when gunmen ambushed the bus they were travelling in,...

Ugandan walkers plant trees to keep the climate fit 31 Dec 2019 - 08:59 pm

KAMPALA: A group of soaked walkers waited under a bridge for the heavy rain to stop so they could continue their trek to...

Angola freezes assets of ex-president's daughter over corruption allegations 31 Dec 2019 - 11:50 am

JOHANNESBURG - An Angolan court has ordered the freezing of assets held by former president Eduardo dos Santos' daughter Isabel, state news agency...

Eighteen killed in new militia attack in eastern DR Congo 30 Dec 2019 - 07:45 pm

Beni, DR Congo: Eighteen people in eastern DR Congo's troubled region of Beni have been killed in a fresh attack by a notorious...

French tourist injured in Seychelles shark attack 30 Dec 2019 - 10:40 am

Victoria, Seychelles - A French tourist was seriously injured after being attacked by a shark while swimming in the Seychelles, a popular tourist...

Guinea-Bissau votes in presidential runoff to end turmoil 29 Dec 2019 - 07:41 pm

Bissau: Voters in Guinea-Bissau cast their ballots in a presidential runoff Sunday with the hope of ending months of political turmoil in the...

'World's oldest rhino' dies in Tanzania at 57 29 Dec 2019 - 06:05 pm

DAR ES SALAAM: A rhino believed to the world's oldest has died at the age of 57 in a Tanzanian conservation area, authorities...

DR Congo Ebola death toll 2,231 to date 29 Dec 2019 - 05:51 pm

DR Congo: A total of 2,231 people have died out of 3,373 declared cases of Ebola in the current epidemic in the DR...

At least 90 people killed in Mogadishu checkpoint blast 28 Dec 2019 - 05:38 pm

MOGADISHU: At least 90 people were killed and dozens were wounded when a bomb-laden vehicle exploded at a bustling checkpoint in the Somali...

Car bomb in Somali capital kills at least 61, spokesman says 28 Dec 2019 - 11:31 am

Mogadishu, Somalia - A car bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia's capital Saturday morning, killing at least 61. people, a...

Flushed with fear: South Africa's sewage system collapse a 'time bomb' 26 Dec 2019 - 10:08 pm

EMFULENI, South Africa: Methane bubbles popping on the river's surface, sewage pipes clogged with tampons, diapers and toilet paper, and the smell of...