World / Africa

Ghana's new president sworn into office 08 Jan 2017 - 10:48 am

ACCRA, Ghana: The leader of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Akuffo Addo, took the oath of office as Ghana’s new president Saturday, marking...

In drought-hit Zimbabwe, women’s “second shift” burden grows 07 Jan 2017 - 05:59 pm

MARWENDO, Zimbabwe: Rhoda Mhlanga looked tired. Even so, Mhlanga, who lives in a remote village in eastern Zimbabwe, managed to smile as she...

Heavy gunfire heard at military camps in Ivory Coast 07 Jan 2017 - 02:06 pm

YAMOUSSOUKRO: Heavy gunfire was heard overnight and early on Saturday near military camps in two cities in Ivory Coast, where disgruntled soldiers launched...

Pres. Jammeh sacks Gambia’s ambassador to Senegal 07 Jan 2017 - 12:33 pm

DAKAR: Gambia’s embattled President Yahya Jammeh has fired the country’s Ambassador to Senegal after the Ambassador urged him to accept defeat and hand...

Defeated opp. leader urges dialog to end crisis 07 Jan 2017 - 12:30 pm

BANJUL, Gambia: Mamma Kandeh, a defeated Gambian opposition leader who went to polls with President elect Adama Barrow and President Yahya Jammeh has...

Akufo-Addo to be sworn in as Ghana's new president 07 Jan 2017 - 09:20 am

Accra: Nana Akufo-Addo is to be sworn in as Ghana's new president on Saturday after beating incumbent leader John Dramani Mahama in elections...

Nigeria militants say readying fighters to hit 'enemy' in Niger Delta -statement 07 Jan 2017 - 08:43 am

LAGOS: A Nigerian militant group, which has claimed attacks on oil pipelines in the Niger Delta, said in a statement on Friday that...

What will Ghanaians expect from their new president? 06 Jan 2017 - 10:52 pm

Today, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be inaugurated as Ghana’s new president after having won a majority of votes in the December elections....

China sets biggest one-day yuan jump in a decade 06 Jan 2017 - 09:36 pm

Hong Kong: China on Friday hiked the yuan against the dollar in its biggest one-day increase since 2005, after the greenback fell against...

Soldiers demand for pay hike in Ivory Coast 06 Jan 2017 - 09:28 pm

Bouake: Soldiers demanding more pay and housing rose up in several cities around Ivory Coast yesterday, raiding arms depots and taking control of...

Government seeks parents' support for freed Chibok girls 06 Jan 2017 - 08:52 pm

Chibok: The parents of the 21 Chibok schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram in October last year after two and a half years in...

Chad shuts border with Libya amid security concerns 06 Jan 2017 - 08:52 pm

N'Djamena: Chad, a key ally of the West in the fight against Islamist militants in West Africa, said it has closed its long...

More than 800 girls circumcised in Tanzania despite police crackdown 06 Jan 2017 - 08:06 pm

DAR ES SALAAM: More than 800 girls were subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) in northern Tanzania last month, a local government official...

“Hopeless” suffering in Lake Chad as children starve, mothers sell sex to survive: Red Cross 06 Jan 2017 - 07:48 pm

LONDON: Women in the Lake Chad basin have been forced to sell sex to survive due to a conflict that has driven millions...

Half of Liberians fear country could plunge back into war: charity 06 Jan 2017 - 07:48 pm

DAKAR: Half of all Liberians think their West African nation could plunge back into conflict more than a decade after civil war ended,...

South Africa backs Western Sahara independence at talks 06 Jan 2017 - 06:07 pm

Pretoria: South African President Jacob Zuma on Friday held talks in Pretoria with the leader of Western Sahara's Polisario Front independence movement, in...

Ex-soldiers seize weapons, take up positions in Ivory Coast city 06 Jan 2017 - 12:42 pm

ABIDJAN: Gunfire erupted overnight in the central Ivory Coast city of Bouake as demobilised soldiers seized weapons from police stations and took up...

Mahama urges public to support successor 06 Jan 2017 - 12:05 am

Accra: Ghana's outgoing president John Mahama urged his compatriots to get behind his successor, Nana Akufo-Addo, during his last state of the nation...