UN rights chief deplores abuse reports in Ethiopia's Tigray
21 June 2021
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Africa & rest of the world
Ghana plants 5 million trees in single day to combat deforestation
12 June 2021
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Climate action
‘This IS INSANE’: Africa desperately short of COVID vaccine
9 June 2021
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Coronavirus
Nigeria suspended Twitter days after president's post removed
5 June 2021
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Careers
African Union suspends Mali after military coup and threatens sanctions
2 June 2021
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Africa & rest of the world
Mali president and prime minister freed by military after resigning
27 May 2021
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Africa & rest of the world
Suspected ADF militants kill 22 with knives, machetes in eastern Congo
26 May 2021
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Africa & rest of the world
Mali's president and prime minister resign following military takeover
26 May 2021
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Africa & rest of the world
Military detain Mali's president, prime minister and defence minister
25 May 2021
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Africa & rest of the world
Court allows Suez Canal to keep holding container ship that blocked traffic
23 May 2021
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Africa & rest of the world
Ethiopia, Zimbabwe leaders survive attacks in rallies
Ethiopia's new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa escaped attacks on their respective rallies
23 June 2018
25 bodies found after army sweep in Mali
Twenty-five bodies were found in central Mali after the army carried out a sweep in the unstable region, sources said yesterday, adding
18 June 2018
Two stabbed to death in South Africa mosque
A man stabbed two people to death and wounded two others in an attack yesterday at a mosque in South Africa before being shot dead
14 June 2018
9 killed in Niger suicide attacks
Nine people were killed in three suicide bombings in southeastern Niger near the border with Nigeria, a local official says.
5 June 2018
International Environment Day: Plastic in Africa
This year, plastic pollution is the main theme of International Environment Day, celebrated on June 5.
5 June 2018
Anti-immigration party wins Slovenia elections
An anti-immigration opposition party won Slovenia's parliamentary election on Sunday, taking 25 percent of the vote, according to
4 June 2018
Cattle rustlers kill 23 in northern Nigeria
Cattle thieves have killed 23 people in Nigeria's Zamfara state which has been battling cattle rustling and kidnapping in recent months, a
3 June 2018
Cattle rustlers kill 23 in northern Nigeria: Official
Cattle thieves have killed 23 people in northern Nigeria's Zamfara state which has been battling cattle rustling and kidnapping in recent months, a local government official says.
3 June 2018
Grandparents have right to see their grandchildren
Grandparents have a legal right to see their grandchildren, the EU's top court ruled yesterday, meaning divorced parents cannot deny
31 May 2018
20 killed in suspected jihadist attack in Mali
Around 20 people including civilians were killed in a suspected jihadist attack in northeastern Mali near the border with Niger, sources
28 May 2018
Suicide blasts kill three in NE Nigeria
Two female suicide bombers suspected to be Boko Haram jihadists killed at least three people in northeast Nigeria, emergency services said Monday.
28 May 2018
50 dead in Congo boat accident
Fifty people died in a boat accident on a river in remote northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), officials said yesterday.
25 May 2018
Baby's birth breaks rule on remote island
She's a born rebel: a remote Brazilian island welcomed its first baby in 12 years after a local woman broke the rule against giving birth
21 May 2018
Black box found of crashed Cuba plane
A black box from a Boeing passenger jet that crashed in Cuba, killing 110 people and wounding three others, has been found and is in
20 May 2018
High alert as DR Congo toll rises
The Democratic Republic of Congo joined with world agencies and neighbouring countries yesterday in boosting the response to an Ebola outbreak in the sprawling country's northwest, as the toll mounted.
18 May 2018
Armed group kills 26 ahead of Burundi vote
An armed group has killed 26 people in northwest Burundi, the security minister said yesterday, days ahead of a constitutional
12 May 2018
Hundreds killed in E Africa
Weeks of torrential rain after a long drought have turned from blessing to curse in East Africa, killing hundreds of people and displacing hundreds of thousands of others.
4 May 2018
More than 60 killed in NE Nigeria blasts
Suicide bombers killed more than 60 people at a mosque and a market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, in a twin attack bearing the
2 May 2018
20 killed in northeast Nigeria mosque blasts
Explosions in and around a mosque in northeast Nigeria killed at least 20 people, police say.
1 May 2018
Suicide bombers kill 3 in Nigeria mosque
Two suicide bombers killed three Muslim worshippers in a mosque in a northeast Nigerian town. The bombers, a man and a woman,
22 April 2018