Africa
Joint West African force says more than 100 insurgents killed in recent weeks
A joint military force from Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon said on Sunday it had killed more than 100 Islamist insurgents, including 10 ...Dozens still missing as South Africa floods death toll rises to 443
Rescuers searched for dozens of people still missing in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province on Sunday after heavy rains in recent days ...South Africa releases emergency funds for deadly floods on east coast
South African authorities were releasing emergency funds on Friday to help tens of thousands of people left without shelter, water and electricity ...Uganda fights crop-devouring armyworm, blaming climate change
Uganda’s government said on Tuesday it was deploying pesticides to fight an outbreak of African armyworm, which devastates cereal crops and has ...At least 13 dead, another 10 missing as two migrant boats sink off Tunisia
At least 13 African migrants died when their boats sank off Tunisia, judicial official Mourad Turki told Reuters on Saturday. Another 10 ...At least 16 killed in Burkina Faso army base attack
At least 12 soldiers and four paramilitary fighters were killed and 21 wounded in an attack on an army base in Burkina ...Rights groups accuse Ethiopian regional forces of ethnic cleansing in Tigray
Two leading human rights groups on Wednesday accused armed forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region of waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing against ...Hunger in Africa surges due to conflict, climate and food prices
Conflict, climate change and rising food and fuel prices are pushing about a quarter of Africans towards hunger, the International Committee of ...Rising hunger looms in Sudan, with little aid in sight
Millions more Sudanese are set to go hungry this year as economic turmoil and erratic rains drive up prices and reduce harvests, ...Morocco says Arab presence at Israel summit “best response” to terrorism
Morocco’s foreign minister said on Monday his presence alongside three Arab counterparts at an Israeli-hosted summit was the “best response” to attacks ...














