MSF says 26 staff missing from South Sudan violence
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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
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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
Ten dead after a shooting in Canadian province of British Columbia, police say
11 February 2026, 09:20 AM
World
51 kidnapped, 3 killed in Nigeria attacks
9 February 2026, 04:53 AM
Africa & rest of the world
Gunmen kill at least 162 in attack in Nigeria
4 February 2026, 20:21 PM
Africa & rest of the world
Brazil leader fires hundreds of 'left wing' civil servants
Brazil's new president has authorised the dismissal of civil servants who do not share his far-right ideology, it has been reported.
5 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Tear gas fired to break up Sudan protests
Sudanese police fired tear gas on Friday to break up protests in the capital Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman, witnesses said.
5 January 2019, 18:00 PM
World pressure mounts on DR Congo ahead of election result
DR Congo was on edge yesterday, just 24 hours ahead of a deadline for announcing preliminary results from last week's crucial
5 January 2019, 18:00 PM
New Brazil leader targets crime, leftwing 'ideology'
Brazil's new far-right President Jair Bolsonaro declared a crusade against crime, corruption and leftwing ideology as he took office
2 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Six US air strikes kill 62 militants
The US military said yesterday it had killed 62 militants in six air strikes on Saturday and Sunday in the vicinity of Gandarsh in Somalia's south-central Banaadir province.
17 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Congo fire destroys voting machines
A fire overnight at a warehouse in Congo's capital destroyed thousands of voting machines and ballot boxes that were due to be used in
13 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Nigeria parties sign pact for peaceful polls
The main challenger to President Muhammadu Buhari in next year's presidential poll has signed a deal committing to peaceful elections a day after missing the initial ceremony in the capital.
13 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Twelve killed in foiled Brazil bank assaults
Twelve people -- including five hostages -- were killed in northeast Brazil on Friday after police foiled a gang of armed robbers staging
8 December 2018, 18:00 PM
'It's the real me'
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday quashed a rumour stemming from his ill health that he had died and been replaced by a
3 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Nigeria's Buhari denies dying and being replaced by lookalike
Nigeria's President Buhari denies claims that he had died and been replaced by a Sudanese impostor, breaking his silence on a rumour that has circulated on social media for months.
3 December 2018, 09:20 AM
Boko Haram kills 3 soldiers in Nigeria
Boko Haram jihadists have killed three soldiers in an attack on a military base in northeast Nigeria's Borno state near Lake Chad, military
29 November 2018, 18:00 PM
30 killed, 60 more feared drowned
Thirty people drowned and more than 60 were feared dead after a pleasure boat sank in Lake Victoria, Ugandan police said yesterday, in the latest such incident on Africa's largest body of water.
25 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Boko Haram kidnaps 50 loggers in Nigeria
Boko Haram jihadists abducted around 50 loggers in northeastern Nigerian close to the border with Cameroon, sources said Thursday. The hostages are mostly from a camp for people displaced by jihadist violence .
23 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Gunmen kidnap Italian volunteer, shoot children near Kenya's coast
Gunmen kidnap an Italian volunteer and shoot and wound four people in Kenya in an attack that has sparked fears of an upsurge in activity by militant Islamists.
21 November 2018, 15:38 PM
Militants kill 16; dozens missing
Boko Haram jihadists have killed at least 16 farmers and left dozens missing in the latest attacks in restive northeast Nigeria's Borno
14 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Death toll tops 200 in DR Congo
The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to more than 200, the health ministry said on Saturday.
11 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Death toll Hits 41
The death toll from a string of car bombings near a popular hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu has jumped to at least 41, police said yesterday.
10 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Suicide car bombers kill 17 in Somalia
Suicide attackers set off two car bombs at a hotel near the headquarters of Somalia's Criminal Investigations Department in Mogadishu yesterday, killing at least 17 people, police said.
9 November 2018, 18:00 PM
79 abducted pupils freed in Cameroon
Seventy-nine school pupils abducted by gunmen this week in a troubled English-speaking region of Cameroon have been freed, the country's communications minister told AFP yesterday.
7 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Separatists kidnap 79 pupils in Cameroon
Seventy-nine school students were kidnapped yesterday in an English-speaking region of Cameroon where separatists are fighting an armed campaign for independence, a government source said.
5 November 2018, 18:00 PM