Africa
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 ...Sustained gunfire, loud blasts heard in Niger’s capital
Sustained gunfire and loud blasts were heard early on Thursday near Niamey International Airport in Niger, according to a Reuters witness. The ...Sudan’s army says it breaks siege of southern city, survivors recount hunger and death
By Eltayeb Siddig Reuters Sudan’s army says it has broken a long siege of the southern city of al-Dalanj by RSF paramilitary ...Islamic State‑linked militants kill 22 in eastern Congo
By Ange Kasongo Reuters Islamic State‑linked militants killed at least 22 civilians in a village in eastern Congo’s Ituri Province early on ...














