World / Africa

Death toll from Kenya tanker fireball hits 40 12 Dec 2016 - 01:47 pm

Nairobi: The death toll from a fireball caused by a crash involving a tanker carrying flammable materials rose to 40 Monday, as Kenya...

Forecasting, commodity futures, new crops needed to break Southern Africa’s cycle of hunger 11 Dec 2016 - 09:45 pm

ROME: Breaking the cycle of drought and hunger in Southern Africa, where 39 million people are suffering a drought-induced food crisis, will need...

African governments urged to help 3.5 million people uprooted from their homes in 2015 11 Dec 2016 - 09:28 pm

ADDIS ABABA: As many as 3.5 million people in Africa were uprooted from their homes in 2015 due to conflict and natural disasters...

Small girls stage suicide attack at market, 17 hurt 11 Dec 2016 - 02:42 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Two girls approximately seven or eight years old blew themselves up in a northeastern Nigerian market on Sunday, killing themselves and...

Over 200 killed in Nigeria church collapse 11 Dec 2016 - 02:25 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: At least 200 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds others injured in Saturday afternoon's collapse of a church in Nigeria’s...

Young Nigerian girls blow themselves up at market, hurt 'at least 17' 11 Dec 2016 - 02:02 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Two little girls approximately seven or eight years old blew themselves up in a northeastern Nigerian market on Sunday, killing themselves...

Nigeria church roof collapse leaves over 50 dead 11 Dec 2016 - 01:36 pm

Lagos: More than 50 people died when a church roof collapsed on worshippers in southeastern Nigeria on Saturday but fears mounted of a...

Over 30 dead as Kenya tanker crashes, explodes 11 Dec 2016 - 01:04 pm

Nairobi: More than 30 people died when a tanker carrying flammable materials crashed into other vehicles and burst into flames outside the town...

Car bomb blast in Somali capital kills 11 11 Dec 2016 - 12:35 pm

MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least 11 people have been kiled and over 10 injured after a car bomb targeted the seaport in the Somali...

Oil truck fireball kills at least 42 in central Kenya - aid worker 11 Dec 2016 - 12:14 pm

NAIVASHA, Kenya: A fireball from an oil lorry engulfed vehicles on one of Kenya's main highways, killing at least 42 people late on...

Gambia’s president-elect says loser Jammeh cannot reject polls 10 Dec 2016 - 06:04 pm

BANJUL: Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow said on Saturday the country’s outgoing leader Yahya Jammeh had no authority to reject the results of Dec.1....

Gambian president rejects election result 10 Dec 2016 - 01:19 pm

Banjul: The Gambia’s president Yahya Jammeh has rejected the outcome of last week’s election, which he lost to opposition leader Adama Barrow, calling...

Suspected car bomb kills 2 policemen at checkpoint near Somali capital 10 Dec 2016 - 01:13 pm

MOGADISHU: A suspected car bomb killed at least two policemen when it exploded at a checkpoint near the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday,...

56 killed, 177 injured in northeast Nigeria bombings 10 Dec 2016 - 12:46 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: Fifty-six civilians were killed and 177 others were injured in two suspected suicide blasts in northeastern Nigeria’s Madagali town on Friday,...

Ghana opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo wins presidential poll 09 Dec 2016 - 09:58 pm

Accra: Ghana's main opposition leader, Nana Akufo-Addo, has won the West African country's presidential election with an absolute majority over President John Mahama,...

Kenya police detain British journalist without charge at airport 09 Dec 2016 - 05:14 pm

NAIROBI: Kenyan police have detained a British journalist working for The Times and are holding him at the country’s main airport without charge,...

Ghana's main opposition calls on Mahama to concede defeat 08 Dec 2016 - 09:51 pm

Accra: Ghana's main opposition party said yesterday it had an unassailable lead in a presidential election and called on President John Mahama to...

Ghanaians anxiously wait nail-biting presidential election results 08 Dec 2016 - 02:03 pm

Accra: Ghanaians faced an anxious wait Thursday for the results of a nail-biting presidential election tainted by sporadic outbreaks of violence, with no...