Update / At least 111 killed after 7.4 quake hits Colombia
10 August 2026
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Natural Disaster
9 civilians killed in Sudan drone attack
31 July 2026
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Africa & rest of the world
Australian PM says to enact laws to govern AI
15 July 2026
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Australia
Two dead, several hurt in Toronto shooting, attacker at large
12 July 2026
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Canada
Aftershock hits Caracas as rescue efforts enter critical hours in Venezuela
29 June 2026
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Natural Disaster
US military to build war-ready stockpile in Australia: docs
17 June 2026
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Australia
WHO unveils $518m plan to fight Ebola
7 June 2026
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Africa & rest of the world
WHO unveils $518m plan to fight Ebola
6 June 2026
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Africa & rest of the world
Suspected Ebola cases top 900 in DR Congo: WHO chief
25 May 2026
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Africa & rest of the world
Close shave: laser hair removal device sparks Australia airport evacuation
21 May 2026
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Australia
Suicide blasts rock Nigeria migrant camp
At least four suicide bomb blasts rocked a camp for migrants fleeing Boko Haram insurgents in restive northeastern
22 March 2017
20 die in freak tree accident in Ghana
Twenty students died after trees fell on them while swimming in a river during a storm in Ghana, emergency officials
20 March 2017
Plane crash-lands in South Sudan
A passenger jet carrying 45 people crash-landed in South Sudan's northwestern city of Wau yesterday, leaving at
20 March 2017
110-minister govt!
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo on Friday defended his controversial decision to appoint a 110-minister government, calling it a
18 March 2017
Namibia claims $30b
Namibia is to launch a 30-billion-dollar (28-billion-euro) lawsuit against Germany over genocide committed during colonial rule,
18 March 2017
Somali pirates release hijacked oil tanker
Somali pirates on Thursday handed over an oil tanker and eight Sri Lankan hostages captured just days ago, the Oceans Beyond Piracy
17 March 2017
Bus in Haiti flees accident, kills 38
A bus speeding away from a hit-and-run accident plowed into dozens of street musicians in northern Haiti on Sunday, killing 38 people,
13 March 2017
Car bomb kills 13 in Somali capital: report
A car bomb near a hotel on a busy street in the Somali capital killed at least 13 people yesterday, police and the emergency medical
13 March 2017
Which child to feed?
Somali mothers are facing an agonising choice over how to divide their shrinking food supply among hungry
8 March 2017
110 dead in last 48 hours: PM
Some 110 people have died in southern Somalia in the last two days from famine and diarrhoea resulting from a
5 March 2017
Mugabe turns 93
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe yesterday celebrated his 93rd birthday with a lavish party attended by thousands of loyalists
25 February 2017
South African police disperse protesters
South African police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets to disperse rival marches by hundreds of protesters in Pretoria
24 February 2017
South Africa struggles to quell violence
The South African government yesterday called for calm after a wave of xenophobic violence in which dozens of shops and houses owned
23 February 2017
New Somali prime minister named
Hassan Ali Kheyre, a former aid worker and oil executive, was named prime minister of Somalia yesterday by the country's new President
23 February 2017
S African court slaps down bid to leave ICC
A South African court yesterday ordered the government to withdraw its "unconstitutional" bid to pull out of the International Criminal
22 February 2017
1.4m children face famine in four countries: Unicef
Nearly 1.4 million children are at "imminent risk" of death in famines in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the UN children's
21 February 2017
Famine declared in S Sudan
South Sudan yesterday declared famine in some parts of the country, with more than three years of war leaving nearly five million
20 February 2017
Zimbabwe's Mugabe rules out retirement
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who turns 93 on Tuesday, has no plans to give up power, saying he has no
19 February 2017
25 civilians killed in DR Congo
Militiamen from the Democratic Republic of Congo's Nande ethnic group have killed 25 civilians in the country's
19 February 2017
Gambia to remain in Int'l Criminal Court
The Gambia's new government has asked the UN to halt the process of withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) begun by
14 February 2017