WHO says 42 dead in latest Ebola outbreak in DRC
Kinshasa – An Ebola outbreak declared in the DRC in early September has caused 42 deaths out of 64... Read more
2 Oct
Former Algeria minister handed 7 years in prison for embezzlement
Algiers – An Algerian court on Tuesday sentenced former labour minister Tijani Hassan Haddam to seven years in prison... Read more
1 Oct
Trump gives Hamas ‘3 or 4 days’ on Gaza deal
Jerusalem – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave Hamas an ultimatum of “three or four days” to accept... Read more
1 Oct
DRC ex-president Kabila sentenced to death in absentia for ‘treason’
Kinshasa – A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday sentenced ex-president Joseph Kabila to death... Read more
1 Oct
91 people possibly still under collapsed Indonesian school: official
Sidoarjo – Around 91 people are believed to be still trapped under the ruins of a collapsed school on... Read more
1 Oct
Philippines quake kills dozens as injured overwhelm hospitals
Bogo – The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the central Philippines rose above 50 on Wednesday, with... Read more
1 Oct
Two Ivory Coast opposition members arrested ahead of polls
Abidjan – Two leading members of the opposition party of Ivory Coast’s ex-president Laurent Gbagbo were arrested Tuesday and... Read more
1 Oct
Taliban shut down communications across Afghanistan
Kabul – Taliban authorities on Monday imposed a nationwide shutdown of communications, weeks after they began severing fibre optic... Read more
30 Sep
Mozambique insurgents kill four in town near military base
Maputo – Insurgents linked to the Islamic State group in northern Mozambique killed four civilians in an attack on... Read more
30 Sep
West Africans deported by US to Ghana dumped in Togo without papers
Abuja – West Africans deported by the United States to Ghana are now fending for themselves in Togo after... Read more
30 Sep
