Bodies of 11 migrants recovered off Morocco coast
The bodies of 11 migrants were recovered and another 32 people were rescued in the sea north of Morocco, authorities in the North African...
Community fears grow as DR Congo Ebola death toll climbs
Humanitarian workers are struggling to calm community fears in strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where 125 people have died of Ebola, and cases...
Surgeon from South Sudan wins UN prize for treating war-hit refugees
A South Sudanese surgeon, who has spent two decades helping the sick and injured in the war-torn east African nation, was on Tuesday announced...
I won’t copy Mugabe: Mnangagwa tells US media
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he won’t emulate his predecessor Robert Mugabe by clinging to power, and may even give opposition leader Nelson Chamisa an...
Italy motorway bridge collapses
The local fire brigade said also victims were likely after the bridge collapsed at around 11:30 a.m. (0930 GMT) during torrential rainfall.
A motorway bridge...
Special police force deployed in Nigerian state of Kaduna
Nigeria has deployed a special police force to restore calm in the northern state of Kaduna following communal violence that killed 55 people in...
Tension mounts as Zimbabwe prepares for opening of parliament
Zimbabwe is bracing itself for the opening of parliament on Tuesday.
Some fear that opposition MDC-Alliance MPs will lead noisy protests within the House of...
No congratulations for Zimbabwe’s Emmerson Mnangagwa from SADC
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa did not receive congratulatory messages from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) at the just-ended summit in Namibia for his poll “victory”...
Five Palestinians killed in deadly Gaza flare-up
The flare-up came after a deadly Israeli special forces operation in the Gaza Strip on Sunday that led Hamas to vow revenge.
Renewed violence in Gaza threatened to thwart...
Voting extended in tense Maldives presidential election
The Maldives extended voting in the presidential election, in which Abdulla Yameen is expected to cement his grip on power, amid criticism over the...
President Museveni’s motorcade stoned
The driver of Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, was shot dead in the violence that conjured up memories of how the...
Donald Trump gives Saudi Arabia benefit of doubt in journalist’s Disappearance
Trump then referred directly to his nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court, which ran into trouble in the Senate after several...
First Lady Melania Trump to make solo trip to Africa
The US first lady Melania Trump will travel to Africa later this year, her office announced Monday, with further details expected in the coming...
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa dismisses calls for unity government
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday dismissed calls for a government of national unity.
The calls have come from opposition MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa and...
#CaliforniaFire: Death toll climbs to 56, 130 missing
US National Guard troops scoured the ruins of the town of Paradise on Thursday for any sign of 130 people still missing in California's...
Ethiopia appoints Sahle-Work Zewde as first female president
Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's first female president.
Ms Sahle-Work is an experienced diplomat who has now become Africa's...
Ex- Malaysian PM faces more corruption charges over state fund scandal
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was charged with six counts of criminal breach of trust involving government funds worth more than $1.5 billion...
UK Parliament believed to be under attack
The man, in his 20s, injured three people as he drove through a group of cyclists and pedestrians before hitting a barrier outside parliament...
400 feared dead, dozens still missing after India hit by floods
Dozens of people are missing and 1.2 million are sheltering in the camps, state officials said, as water receded and a huge clean-up gathered...
Manchester United mourns the loss of Sir Bobby Charlton
Sir Bobby Charlton, England World Cup winner and Manchester United legend has died aged 86. In a statement, his family said: "It is with...