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
RSF actions in Sudan’s al-Fashir points to genocide
20 February 2026, 00:40 AM Africa & rest of the world
UN chief renews push for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Sudan
16 February 2026, 02:54 AM Africa & rest of the world
21 drown in Nile boat sinking in Sudan
13 February 2026, 00:52 AM Africa & rest of the world
Sudan RSF drone strike on school kills two children
12 February 2026, 01:35 AM Africa & rest of the world

50 children kidnapped from Nigerian school have escaped: Christian group

303 children, 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen from St Mary's Co-educational School
23 November 2025, 14:17 PM

UAE announces $1b initiative to expand AI in Africa

The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday it will invest $1 billion to expand AI infrastructure and AI-enabled services across Africa, with the aim of helping countries meet national development priorities.
22 November 2025, 19:55 PM

Gunmen seize 315 students in Nigeria

Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group said yesterday, as security fears mounted in Africa’s most populous nation.
22 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Over 310 pupils and teachers kidnapped from Nigerian school

Nigeria is still scarred by the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls by Boko Haram jihadists
22 November 2025, 02:22 AM

Australia rejects offer to co-host UN climate summit with Turkey

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday was firmly opposed to the suggestion of co-hosting
17 November 2025, 03:23 AM

New ‘Lucifer’ bee discovered in Australia

As if deadly snakes, spiders and sharks were not enough, Australia now has a new creepy critter: a “lucifer” bee with devil-like horns.
12 November 2025, 18:13 PM

No US officials to attend G20 in S Africa

President Donald Trump said no US officials would attend the G20 summit in South Africa, reviving debunked claims of white Afrikaners being systematically “killed and slaughtered” in the country.
8 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Sudan defence minister says army to keep fighting after US truce proposal

No details of US truce proposal have been made public yet
4 November 2025, 17:35 PM

Nigeria urges Trump meeting after military action threat

Earlier, Trump claimed that thousands of Christians were being killed in Nigeria
2 November 2025, 17:12 PM

Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of Christians

US president says Nigeria has not done enough to stop killings of Christians
2 November 2025, 15:33 PM

Situation in Sudan ‘apocalyptic’

Thousands of civilians are feared trapped and in imminent danger in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher after its fall to paramilitaries, Doctors Without Borders said yesterday, as Germany’s top diplomat described the situation there as “apocalyptic”.
1 November 2025, 18:00 PM

Landslide kills at least 13 in western Kenya

Nineteen people have been rescued and an unknown number are still missing
1 November 2025, 10:51 AM

Hundreds may have been executed in capture of Sudanese city: UN rights office

The RSF has dismissed past accusations of abuses, and have made counter-accusations against the Sudanese army
31 October 2025, 13:19 PM
31 October 2025, 13:16 PM

UN calls for end to Sudan siege after mass hospital killings

The WHO said the hospital was on Sunday "attacked for the fourth time in a month, killing one nurse and injuring three other health workers"
30 October 2025, 04:12 AM

Tourist flight to Maasai Mara crashes in Kenya, killing all on board

All 11 passengers, including 10 foreign tourists were killed
28 October 2025, 14:38 PM

Africa accounts for 40pc of global conflicts: ICRC

Africa accounts for roughly 40 percent of the world’s armed conflicts, with some 50 ongoing clashes across the continent, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) vice-president told AFP yesterday.
23 October 2025, 18:00 PM

40 African migrants dead in shipwreck off Tunisia

Forty migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were found dead yesterday following a shipwreck off Tunisia while 30 were rescued, a judicial spokesman told AFP.
22 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Australian banker wins right to work from home every day

She lives outside Sydney, and travelling to a Westpac corporate office takes almost two hours
21 October 2025, 08:02 AM

Madagascar's president has left the country after Gen Z protests

Rajoelina flown out on French military plane -- military source
13 October 2025, 16:59 PM