Africa
At least 37 die from gas inhalation at Nigeria mining site
By Ahmed Kingimi Reuters At least 37 miners died of carbon monoxide poisoning at a mining site in Nigeria’s Plateau state, a ...Cyclone Gezani leaves 59 dead in Madagascar, displaces more than 16,000
Flooding and fierce winds have pushed Madagascar’s death toll from Cyclone Gezani to 59, with more than a dozen people still unaccounted ...African Union summit clouded by Saudi-UAE rivalry in Horn of Africa
A feud between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates across the Horn of Africa is overshadowing this weekend’s African Union summit, ...Cyclone Gezani kills dozens, displaces thousands in Madagascar
The death toll from Cyclone Gezani rose to 40 on Friday, three days after its passage across Madagascar, as officials struggled to ...Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of military aggression, backing armed groups
Ethiopia’s foreign minister has accused neighbouring Eritrea of military aggression and of supporting armed groups inside Ethiopian territory, according to a letter ...Nigeria deploys army to Kwara state after deadly mass shootings
By Muhammad Tanko Shittu AFP Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu deployed an army battalion to a troubled state after gunmen killed as ...Gunmen kill nearly 200 in Nigeria’s Kwara and Katsina attacks
By TUNDE OMOLEHIN and DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN, Associated Press Armed extremists killed at least 162 people during attacks on two villages in western ...Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of ex-Libyan leader, reportedly shot dead
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of late Libyan dictator Moamer Gaddafi, was killed on Tuesday, his political office has said. Saif al-Islam ...Over 200 feared killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern DR Congo
More than 200 people have been reported killed in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of the ...Burkina Faso’s junta dissolves all of country’s political parties, saying they cause divisions
Burkina Faso’s military junta has dissolved all the political parties in the country and scrapped the laws governing them, according to a decree ...














