World / Africa

Top aide to Burundi president escapes assassination bid 29 Nov 2016 - 01:54 pm

Nairobi: A top advisor to Burundi's president and the most public face of the government has escaped an assassination attempt in the capital...

Presidential elections delayed in Somalia, again 29 Nov 2016 - 12:55 pm

MOGADIHU, Somalia: The presidential election has been once again delayed, the country’s electoral commission announced late Monday. Commission chairman Omar Mohamed Abdulle, also...

Rule of 'billion-year' Gambia president under threat 29 Nov 2016 - 06:55 am

Banjul, Gambia: Gambia's president once said he would govern the country for a billion years if God willed it. But voters may deliver...

South Africa's Zuma on the ropes as resignation calls grow 28 Nov 2016 - 07:57 pm

Johannesburg: South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday faced the biggest challenge to his leadership since taking power in 2009 as the ruling...

Death toll from Uganda clashes rises to 62 28 Nov 2016 - 06:00 pm

Kampala: The death toll has risen to 62 from weekend clashes in a traditional kingdom in western Uganda, which pitted security forces against...

3 UN workers abducted in Darfur 28 Nov 2016 - 12:31 pm

Khartoum: Armed men have abducted three UN refugee agency staffers, including two foreigners, from Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region, a local government official told...

Vintage biplane crashes in Kenya, Irish pilots unhurt 27 Nov 2016 - 08:26 pm

Nairobi: An Irish father and daughter team taking part in a cross-Africa rally escaped unhurt after crashlanding their 1930s biplane on the way...

East Congo militia kills 30 civilians, most from rival ethnic group 27 Nov 2016 - 01:52 pm

KINSHASA: An ethnic Nande militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed about 30 civilians, mostly Hutus, on Sunday morning, local sources said,...

At least 55 killed as Ugandan forces clash with separatists: police 27 Nov 2016 - 01:49 pm

Kampala: At least 55 people have been killed in fierce fighting that erupted in western Uganda between security forces and a separatist militia...

Ethiopian women face new threat of human trafficking as economic gains slow to trickle down 26 Nov 2016 - 10:04 pm

ADDIS ABABA: Women in Ethiopia live under constant fear of violence, illness, hunger and poverty but they are now also facing a new...

South Sudan government agrees to deploy regional force 26 Nov 2016 - 11:57 am

Juba: The South Sudan government has agreed to accept the deployment of a UN-mandated regional force in Juba, a spokesman said, after months...

Ghana mourns revered Ashanti queen 26 Nov 2016 - 12:49 am

Kumasi: Dressed entirely in black, Tina Owusu Panin joined thousands making their way to a Ghanaian palace to mourn their "mother" -- the...

Boko Haram blocking aid to refugees in Cameroon: UN 25 Nov 2016 - 11:55 pm

Geneva: The United Nations warned yesterday that the threat from Boko Haram jihadists was complicating efforts to help tens of thousands of Nigerian...

President Zuma to face ANC integrity panel 25 Nov 2016 - 11:54 pm

South African President Jacob Zuma will be questioned next week by the African National Congress' (ANC) integrity commission following persistent allegations of corruption...

Angola delays 'coup' trial of 37 suspects 25 Nov 2016 - 11:41 pm

Luanda: Angola yesterday postponed the trial of 37 alleged former fighters from the main UNITA opposition group who are accused of a mysterious...

Burundi says will not cooperate with U.N. investigation into violence 24 Nov 2016 - 04:59 pm

NAIROBI: Burundi's government refused on Thursday to cooperate with a U.N. inquiry into months of political violence, saying accusations of abuses by its ...

Gambia: Ahead of polls, digital media skirt censorship 24 Nov 2016 - 02:46 pm

BANJUL, Gambia: While state media in Gambia is government controlled and the private media practices self-censorship, political opponents of the small West African...