Africa
Six people killed in blast at restaurant in Somalia’s capital
Six people were killed on Friday by a blast at a seaside restaurant in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, an ambulance service official told ...New Ebola case confirmed in northwestern Congo
A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, prompting health authorities to enforce urgent containment measures ...Main hospital in Ethiopia’s Tigray’s region runs out of food
The main hospital in Ethiopia’s war-ravaged region of Tigray has sent home 240 patients after food supplies ran out last week, officials ...First COVID, now floods empty South Africa’s eastern beach resorts
After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic keeping tourists away, South African resorts along the popular eastern Indian Ocean coastline were hoping ...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 ...














