AT least 155 people have died in Tanzania as torrential rains linked to El Nino triggered flooding and landslides, the…
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THREE more African countries have joined a rollout of malaria vaccines targetting millions of children in a continent that accounts…
A RESIDENTIAL building that was under construction in Ethiopia’s capital city has collapsed, killing seven people sleeping in a house…
THE Tanzanian government has denied allegations that villagers have been subjected to abuses, including forced evictions, as part of a…
THE UN called Tuesday on Britain to reconsider plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, warning it threatened the rule…
MORE than 50,000 people have been displaced by clashes in a disputed area in northern Ethiopia, the United Nations said,…
AN EGYPTIAN statue aged more than 3,000 years old has arrived back home, over three decades since it was stolen…
THERE are reports from Mali that at least 100 civilians are being held by suspected insurgents after being kidnapped last…
THE United Nations Support Mission in Libya called Sunday for an investigation into a political activist’s death while detained at…
HUNDREDS protested on Sunday against the US troop presence in military-ruled Niger where a delegation from Washington is expected within…
AT least 58 people going to a funeral died after their overloaded river boat capsized in the Central African Republic’s…
TOGO’s parliament has given final approval to a new constitution extending the president’s term, after critics denounced the move as…
KENYA’s government has sent a team to investigate the helicopter crash that killed military chief Gen Francis Ogolla and nine…
A TRAIN that Ghana recently acquired from Poland has collided with a lorry during a test run in the Eastern…
KENYA’s defence chief and nine other top brass died on Thursday in a military helicopter crash in a remote area…
BURKINA Faso’s military junta has expelled three French diplomats, accusing them of “subversive activities”. France said there were “no grounds”…
LEADERS from the West African regional bloc, Ecowas, have climbed down on their initial announcement that they were visiting Togo…
SIERRA Leone’s capital, Freetown, and other cities have been plunged into darkness for weeks, due to the non-payment of electricity…
THE opposition in Togo has denounced a proposed new constitution as a power grab, intended to extend the reign of…
MORE than 40 toddlers were taken to hospital in South Africa on Monday after mistaking rat poison for sweets. “Upon…