World / Africa

Mali drops treason charges against ex-leader 18 Dec 2016 - 01:14 am

Bamako: Malian lawmakers have decided a treason case should be dropped against former Malian president Amadou Toumani Toure, who was overthrown in a...

Gambian President Jammeh’s isolation grows 18 Dec 2016 - 01:06 am

Lawyers, trade unions, teachers and journalists have joined a growing chorus of demands for Gambian President Yahya Jammeh to accept his defeat in...

Ethiopia inaugurates dam to double energy output 17 Dec 2016 - 07:51 pm

Addis Ababa: Ethiopia on Saturday inaugurated a hydroelectric dam that aims to double the country's electricity output, but which critics say is a...

Zimbabwe's Mugabe wins party support for 2018 election 17 Dec 2016 - 07:38 pm

Masvingo, Zimbabwe: Supporters of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe chanting "tongai, tongai baba" (rule, rule father) on Saturday endorsed the 92-year-old leader for a...

DR Congo crisis talks suspended until Wednesday: church mediators 17 Dec 2016 - 07:03 pm

Kinshasa: Congolese crisis talks to ensure a peaceful transition of power were suspended Saturday, Catholic church negotiators said, announcing they would resume only...

Case against Bongo filed before war crimes court 16 Dec 2016 - 09:03 pm

The Hague: Lawyers representing Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping sent a case file to the International Criminal Court's prosecutor, accusing the government of...

11 Burkina Faso troops die in militants attack 16 Dec 2016 - 08:58 pm

Eleven Burkina Faso soldiers were killed yesterday when jihadist fighters attacked an army base in the north close to the west African country's...

The tale of two slums in South Africa as residents seek to upgrade lives 15 Dec 2016 - 07:31 pm

CAPE TOWN, South Africa: In Cape Town, the slums of Flamingo Crescent and Santini are just 20 kms apart but the gap in...

South Sudan armed groups 'recruited 100 child soldiers' 15 Dec 2016 - 05:40 pm

JUBA, South Sudan: At least 100 children were recruited as soldiers by armed groups in South Sudan in November alone despite efforts by...

Iran lawyers cleared of Kenya terror charges: reports 15 Dec 2016 - 02:04 pm

Tehran: Two Iranian lawyers charged by Kenya earlier this month with planning a terrorist act arrived home on Thursday after being acquitted and...

Kenyan court drops terror charges against two Iranians 15 Dec 2016 - 01:53 pm

NAIROBI: Kenya on Wednesday freed two Iranians accused of planning a terror attack on the Israeli Embassy in Nairobi. The two Iranians –...

Suicide attack in Mogadishu injures at least 5 15 Dec 2016 - 01:24 pm

MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least five people have been wounded Thursday in a suicide car bomb attack targeting a Mogadishu restaurant regularly frequented by...

Abducted, brutalised, ruined: siblings survive the LRA 14 Dec 2016 - 11:52 pm

Gulu, Uganda: Lily Atong's anxious eyes fix on the sky where a helicopter gunship circles over her thatched hut, so low she must...

South Africa holds South Sudan rebel leader Machar as “guest” 13 Dec 2016 - 07:43 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar, who fled to Democratic Republic of Congo in August after fierce fighting, is being held in...

Hunger gnaws at host families in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria 13 Dec 2016 - 01:12 pm

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: When Boko Haram militants stormed Kaka Mohammed's hometown of Bama in northeast Nigeria two years ago and kidnapped one of her...

Kenya giving 'serious thought' to quitting ICC 12 Dec 2016 - 04:38 pm

Nairobi: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Monday his country was seriously thinking of quitting the International Criminal Court, after several other African nations...