World / Africa

Japanese man ends 6,000km Africa rickshaw trek in Cape Town 26 Jan 2025 - 07:39 pm

Cape Town: A 34-year-old Japanese man on Sunday arrived in Cape Town to end a more than 6,000-kilometre (3,700-mile) journey from Kenya to...

Sudan army chief visits HQ after recapture from paramilitaries 26 Jan 2025 - 07:21 pm

Port Sudan, Sudan: Sudan's army chief visited on Sunday his headquarters in the capital Khartoum, two days after forces recaptured the complex, which...

Elephant kills visitor at South Africa's Kruger park 26 Jan 2025 - 07:03 pm

Johannesburg: An elephant trampled and killed a South African who was trying to protect his grandchildren from the charging animal at the famous...

Latest Nigeria petrol tanker accident kills 18 26 Jan 2025 - 02:35 pm

Lagos: Eighteen people were killed in a truck accident in south-eastern Nigeria, authorities said on Sunday, a week after a petrol tanker explosion...

WHO says 70 killed in attack on western Sudan hospital 26 Jan 2025 - 12:19 pm

Geneva: An attack on the main hospital in El-Fasher, a besieged town in western Sudan, has killed 70 people and wounded 19 others,...

68 killed, 19 injured in paramilitary forces attack in West Sudan: NGO 25 Jan 2025 - 05:40 pm

Khartoum: At least 68 people were killed and 19 others injured in a shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on locations...

DR Congo battles intensify, Western nations ask citizens to leave Goma 25 Jan 2025 - 07:47 am

Goma, DR Congo: The DR Congo army and M23 fighters clashed outside Goma on Friday as the UK, US and France urged citizens...

Sudan army breaks paramilitary siege on Khartoum HQ, reclaims oil refinery 24 Jan 2025 - 11:09 pm

Port Sudan: The Sudanese army said on Friday it broke a siege of its headquarters in Khartoum by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces,...

DR Congo battles intensify, Western nations ask citizens to leave Goma 24 Jan 2025 - 07:27 pm

Goma, DR Congo: The DR Congo army and M23 on Friday clashed outside Goma as the UK, US and France urged citizens to...

400,000 displaced this year as conflict rages in DRC's volatile east 24 Jan 2025 - 05:32 pm

Goma, DR Congo: The DR Congo army and M23 on Friday clashed near the main city in the country's volatile east as the...

Ethiopia bus accident kills 25 23 Jan 2025 - 06:26 pm

Addis Ababa: A bus overturned in northern Ethiopia on Thursday killing 25 people, police said. The accident in the Dawunt district of Amhara...

Death toll from Tanzania Marburg outbreak rises to nine 23 Jan 2025 - 05:43 pm

Nairobi: An outbreak of the Marburg virus has killed nine people in Tanzania, Africa's health agency said Thursday, up from eight suspected deaths...

Rwanda hosts conference to promote digital transformation in Africa 22 Jan 2025 - 07:37 pm

Kigali: Delegates at the Annual Conference of the African Engineering and Technology Network (AFRETEC) on Tuesday called for concerted efforts to accelerate inclusive...

South Africa 2024 inflation lowest in four years 22 Jan 2025 - 06:32 pm

Johannesburg: South Africa's annual inflation rate for 2024 dropped to 4.4 percent, the lowest level since 2020, the national statistics bureau announced Wednesday....

One million people have fled Sudan war to South Sudan: UN 22 Jan 2025 - 02:04 pm

Nairobi: Over one million people have now fled the Sudanese war into neighbouring South Sudan, according to the United Nations, which said the...

Paramilitary shelling of famine-hit Sudanese camp kills 16: rescuers 21 Jan 2025 - 07:19 pm

PortSudan: SixteenSudanese civilians were killed and 18 others injured when the paramilitary RSF forces shelled a famine-stricken displacement camp in El-Fasher, the besieged...

Nigerian scammers accused in AI-driven fake Brad Pitt fraud 21 Jan 2025 - 06:49 pm

Lagos: A French woman who lost her life savings to scammers pretending to be American actor Brad Pitt is seeking to unmask at...

Tanzania confirms outbreak of Marburg virus disease 20 Jan 2025 - 06:43 pm

Dar es Salaam:Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday confirmed the country's second outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in two years. Speaking...