Africa
Rwanda sends 300 troops for UN mission in Central African Republic
Rwandahas sent 300 troops to reinforce United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, where they will help protect a key highway ...Tunisian democracy in crisis after president ousts government
Tunisia faced its biggest crisis in a decade of democracy on Monday after President Kais Saied ousted the government and froze the ...Death toll in South Africa unrest rises to 276
The death toll from recent riots in South Africa has risen to 276, and police are investigating 168 cases for murder, a ...South African crowds rampage overnight, defying calls for end to violence, looting
Crowds looted shops and businesses in South Africa on Wednesday, defying government calls for an end to a week of violence that ...Violence spreads to South Africa’s economic hub in wake of Zuma jailing
Shops were looted overnight and a section of the M2 highway was closed in Johannesburg on Sunday, as sporadic acts of violence ...Bandits kill 35 villagers in northwest Nigeria
Armed raiders killed at least 35 people in five villages in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, police said on Saturday, in the latest ...First African American wins U.S. spelling bee, conquering with ‘Murraya’
Zaila Avant-garde, 14, became the first African American to win the 90-year-old Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday by correctly spelling ‘Murraya,’ ...Ethiopia resumes filling Nile mega-dam reservoir, angering Egypt
Ethiopia has started the second phase of filling a mega-dam’s reservoir on the upper Blue Nile, Egypt and Sudan said, raising tensions ...Ethiopia’s Abiy boasts of military might despite rebel gains
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Monday his government could easily recruit one million new fighters but wants to foster a period ...Tigray rebels accept ‘ceasefire in principle’ but set conditions
Rebel leaders in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region on Sunday accepted “a ceasefire in principle” but posed strict conditions for it to be ...














