WHO unveils $518m plan to fight Ebola
Reuters, Nairobi
7 June 2026, 00:00 AM Africa & rest of the world
WHO unveils $518m plan to fight Ebola
Reuters, Nairobi
6 June 2026, 00:00 AM Africa & rest of the world
Suspected Ebola cases top 900 in DR Congo: WHO chief
AFP
25 May 2026, 08:06 AM Africa & rest of the world
Australian soldier charged with war crimes in Afghanistan
AFP, Sydney
8 April 2026, 00:21 AM Australia
MSF says 26 staff missing from South Sudan violence
AFP, Nairobi
3 March 2026, 01:25 AM Africa & rest of the world
At least 38 killed in armed attack in north-west Nigeria
AFP, Nigeria
21 February 2026, 19:36 PM Africa & rest of the world

Boko Haram leader Shekau resurfaces

The embattled leader of jihadist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, resurfaced in a video posted online yesterday,
25 September 2016, 18:00 PM

African elephants 'suffer worst decline in 25 yrs'

Africa's elephant population has suffered its worst drop in 25 years, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said yesterday, blaming the plummeting numbers on poaching.
25 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Brazil SC okays Temer probe

A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has authorized opening preliminary investigations into allegations that President
24 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Family releases shocking video

The wife of the African American man whose death has triggered days of unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina has
24 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Shabaab militants storm Kenya police post

Islamist gunmen launched an overnight attack on a police camp in Kenya's north-east, close to the Somali border, police and militants
22 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Brazil's Lula to stand trial for corruption

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must stand trial for corruption, a judge ruled Tuesday, after
21 September 2016, 18:00 PM

MINNESOTA ATTACKER WAS HIGH-ACHIEVING STUDENT

Dahir Ahmed Adan, the Somali American named as the perpetrator of the weekend stabbing rampage in Minnesota,
20 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Somali general killed in suicide attack

A top Somalia general known for fighting the jihadist Shabaab group, was killed yesterday when a suicide bomber
18 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Central Africa militia kills at least 20

Mainly-Muslim militia fighters in the Central African Republic have killed at least 20 people and wounded several more
18 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Tutu readmitted to hospital: family

South African retired archbishop and anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu, 84, was readmitted to hospital yesterday in
17 September 2016, 18:00 PM

38 Boko fighters killed in Niger

Thirty-eight Boko Haram Islamist fighters have been killed during military search operations carried out by Niger and
17 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Ex-Burkina PM charged with protester's murder

Luc Adolphe Tiao, the last prime minister of former Burkinabe president Blaise Compaore, has been detained and
17 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Islamists' attack kills 7 troops in Somali town

Somalia's Islamist militant group al Shabaab attacked a town in a region near Kenya's border, killing at least seven
17 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Niger, Chad armies kill 38 Boko Haram fighters

Soldiers from Niger and Chad have killed 38 Boko Haram fighters during operations that followed attacks by the Nigerian Islamist group on two border towns in southeastern Niger earlier this week, according to Niger's army.
17 September 2016, 09:53 AM

Rousseff's impeachment trial opens

The impeachment trial of Brazil's first woman president, Dilma Rousseff, got underway yesterday with high
25 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Boko Haram leader wounded in Nigeria

Nigeria's military yesterday claimed to have seriously injured Boko Haram's elusive leader Abubakar Shekau and killed
23 August 2016, 18:00 PM

Ex-S Sudan VP Machar 'safe' in DR Congo

South Sudan's former rebel leader and ex-vice president Riek Machar has escaped to the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo
18 August 2016, 18:16 PM

Former slave to run for South Sudan in Olympic marathon

South Sudanese Olympic athlete Guor Marial may not be a hot medal tip for Sunday's marathon, but the former slave's road to Rio is one of the most astonishing stories of the games.
18 August 2016, 06:10 AM

Rio police kill three in raid on favela

Rio police on Tuesday said they killed three alleged gunmen in a raid on a favela dominated by drug traffickers where
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM

2 ‘Bangladeshis’ escape Mozambique rebel attack

Two persons, said to be Bangladeshis, narrowly escape an attack by Renamo rebels in Mozambique, in which, police say, six of its citizens were killed.
16 August 2016, 05:06 AM