WHO unveils $518m plan to fight Ebola
7 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Africa & rest of the world
WHO unveils $518m plan to fight Ebola
6 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Africa & rest of the world
Suspected Ebola cases top 900 in DR Congo: WHO chief
25 May 2026, 08:06 AM
Africa & rest of the world
Close shave: laser hair removal device sparks Australia airport evacuation
21 May 2026, 09:28 AM
Australia
Australian inquiry opens public hearings into Bondi Beach shooting
4 May 2026, 08:06 AM
Australia
Australian soldier charged with war crimes in Afghanistan
8 April 2026, 00:21 AM
Australia
China blasts ‘colonial’ Australia, New Zealand over rights concerns
19 March 2026, 01:36 AM
Australia
MSF says 26 staff missing from South Sudan violence
3 March 2026, 01:25 AM
Africa & rest of the world
At least 38 killed in armed attack in north-west Nigeria
21 February 2026, 19:36 PM
Africa & rest of the world
Attackers kill at least 50 in Nigeria
21 February 2026, 04:12 AM
World
Tanzania fuel tanker blast kills 60
At least 60 people perish in Tanzania when a fuel tanker overturned and then exploded as people rushed to syphon off leaking fuel.
10 August 2019, 13:12 PM
Paramilitaries arrested in Sudan for pupils’ killing
Sudan’s ruling generals yesterday announced that nine paramilitaries had been arrested for the killing of four teenage demonstrators
2 August 2019, 19:07 PM
Rwanda shuts border with Ebola-hit DRC
Rwanda has shut its frontier with Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of Congo after a third case of the deadly virus was detected in the border
1 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Rwanda seals Congo border after third Ebola case in Goma
Rwandan authorities close the border with the Ebola-hit Congolese city of Goma for everyone other than Congolese citizens leaving Rwanda, as a third case was confirmed in Goma.
1 August 2019, 15:01 PM
Boko Haram fighters kill 65 in Nigeria
An attack this weekend by Boko Haram fighters on a funeral in northeast Nigeria has left 65 people dead, almost triple the initial toll, a
29 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Snake forces adjournment of parliament in Nigeria
A snake burst onto the chamber floor of a state parliament building in southwest Nigeria, sending lawmakers scampering and forcing an
26 July 2019, 18:13 PM
WHO sounds Ebola alarm as risks intensify
The World Health Organization declares Congo’s Ebola outbreak an international health emergency, sounding a rarely used global alarm after the virus threatened to spread to a major city and into neighbouring countries.
18 July 2019, 04:24 AM
13 killed in Nigeria building collapse
Thirteen people in central Nigeria died after a three-storey residential building collapsed after torrential rain, emergency workers said
16 July 2019, 18:00 PM
S Africa’s Zuma shrugs off graft allegations at inquiry
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma yesterday dismissed multiple graft allegations against him, telling a judicial inquiry he was
15 July 2019, 18:00 PM
26 killed in deadly Somalia hotel siege
At least 26 people, including several foreigners, are killed and 56 injured in a suicide bomb and gun attack claimed by Al-Shabaab militants on a popular hotel in southern Somalia, a top regional official has said.
13 July 2019, 08:46 AM
Endangered rhino numbers soar by 1,000% in Tanzania
The number of endangered rhinos in Tanzania has risen by 1,000 per cent after a government crackdown on organised gangs guilty of
11 July 2019, 18:00 PM
11 killed as boat capsizes in Niger
Eleven people drowned yesterday when their boat capsized on a river in central Niger, the governor of the region told AFP. The accident
11 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Over 80 migrants feared drowned off Tunisia coast
Dozens of African migrants are feared to have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Tunisia after setting of for Europe from Libya, a government source and the Tunisian Red Crescent have said on Thursday.
6 July 2019, 04:42 AM
Sudan military, protesters agree power-sharing deal
Crowds of jubilant Sudanese took to the streets of Khartoum yesterday to celebrate a landmark deal between protest leaders and the country’s ruling generals aimed at turning the page on months of political unrest.
5 July 2019, 18:00 PM
27 dead as fishing boat sinks off Honduras
At least 27 people died and nine were missing Wednesday when their fishing boat sank off the Caribbean coast of Honduras, the
4 July 2019, 18:00 PM
16 dead in crush at Madagascar rally
At least 16 people were crushed to death and dozens injured in Madagascar on Wednesday at a stadium hosting national independence
27 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Sudan police fire tear gas as students protest
Sudanese riot police yesterday fired tear gas at scores of students who rallied against the ruling generals near the presidential palace in
27 June 2019, 18:00 PM
16 dead in crush at Madagascar independence day rally
At least 16 people are crushed to death and dozens injured in Madagascar at a stadium hosting national independence day celebrations in the capital Antananarivo.
27 June 2019, 04:22 AM
Ethiopia army chief, regional chief killed amid ‘coup’ bid
Ethiopia’s army chief and a top local leader have been shot dead during an attempt to overthrow a regional government in northern
23 June 2019, 18:00 PM
42 IS fighters killed near Lake Chad
West African troops killed 42 suspected Islamic State fighters in a battle in the Lake Chad region on June 21, the heaviest death toll suffered by the
23 June 2019, 18:00 PM