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Africa

Floods decimate Nigerian zoo, wash crocodiles into community

Floods in north Nigeria have killed more than 80% of animals in a large zoo with an array of wildlife from lions and crocodiles to buffaloes and ostriches, the facility said ...

Sport

Alleged killer of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei dies in ...

The former partner of Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who is accused of killing her by dousing her in petrol and setting her on fire, has died in ...

News

WATCH | WHO chief says the world needs to ‘wake up’ and help ...

The chief of the World Health Organization said he was shocked by the world's insufficient action to stop the crisis in Sudan.

Africa

Fire breaks out at another Kenyan school after 17 ...

A fire broke out at a girls boarding school in a town in central Kenya late on Saturday, leaving at least three students injured and destroying property, the Kenya Red Cross and police said.
Africa

UN mission says both Sudan sides committed ...

Both sides in Sudan's civil war have committed abuses that may amount to war crimes, and world powers need to send in peacekeepers and widen an arms embargo to protect civilians, a UN-mandated mission said on Friday.
Africa

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine shot in leg, his party says

Uganda's main opposition leader Bobi Wine, who has emerged as the most formidable opponent of veteran President Yoweri ...

Africa

Ugandan runner Cheptegei dies after attack by boyfriend — national Olympic committee

Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei, who competed in last month's Paris Olympics, has died after being attacked ...

Sport

Ugandan marathon runner Cheptegui burnt after being doused with petrol

Ugandan marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegui, who competed in last month’s Paris Olympics, has suffered burns to over 75% ...

Africa

Libya central bank governor, other bankers flee to avoid militias

Libya's central bank governor Sadiq al-Kabir said he and other senior bank staff had been forced to leave the country ...

News

Africa’s mpox response is less than 10% funded, says Africa CDC

The continent is under pressure to curb an outbreak of the potentially deadly infection that the World Health ...

Africa

Aid struggles to reach survivors as Sudan dam collapse, floods wreak havoc

Emergency responders were scrambling on Tuesday to find out how many people remain missing after waters burst through a ...

Africa

Mali drone strikes kill at least 21 in northern town, rebels say

At least 21 people, including 11 children, were killed by drone strikes on Sunday on the town of Tinzaouaten in north ...

Africa

DR Congo boat accident death toll rises to at least 29, authorities say

The death toll from a river boat accident in western Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to at least 29 with at ...

News

Lucara finds second biggest diamond yet in Botswana

Canada's Lucara Diamond Corp has discovered a 2,492 carat diamond at its Karowe mine in Botswana, the company said late ...

Africa

Kenya to bring back some scrapped tax plans, risking more unrest

Kenya's government will have to bring back some tax measures that it scrapped after deadly protests in July, the ...

News

95 Libyans arrested at ‘military’ training camp to be deported on Sunday

The men were arrested in July after police raided a farm in White River.

Africa

Convoy carrying more than 1,000 civilians ambushed in Burkina Faso last week, governor ...

Suspected jihadists ambushed a military convoy carrying more than 1,000 civilians in Burkina Faso last week, leading to ...

Africa

DR Congo’s South Kivu governor lifts mining suspension in province

Democratic Republic of Congo has lifted a suspension of mining activities in the South Kivu province, with the ...

Africa

Sudan to allow use of Adre border crossing for three months to facilitate aid

Sudan's sovereign council said on Thursday it would allow the use of the Adre border crossing with Chad for three ...

Motoring

Kenya’s Mobius Motors accepts bid from undisclosed buyer

The troubled carmaker has accepted a takeover bid from an unidentified buyer, it said on Thursday, staving off ...