Africa
Mali in turmoil after army detains leaders
Mali was in turmoil Tuesday after disgruntled army officers detained the president and the prime minister, sparking fears of a coup less ...DR Congo’s Nyiragongo volcano erupts sparking panic
Mount Nyiragongo volcano erupted on Saturday, spewing red fumes into the night sky over the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of ...Nigeria’s army chief, 10 others killed in plane crash
Nigeria’s top-ranking army commander Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and other officers were killed on Friday when their plane crashed in bad weather ...Uganda army to join Congo in offensive against Islamist rebels
The Ugandan and Congo armies are setting up an operations centre in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo for a joint ...DR Congo declares end of Ebola outbreak
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that infected 12 people in the eastern province ...Nigeria kidnap kingpin killed in clash with rival gang
A Nigerian bandit chief who led the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolchildren has been killed in armed clashes with a rival gang, ...Chad rebels ready for ceasefire; opposition presses for civilian rule
Rebels in northern Chad are ready to observe a ceasefire and to discuss a political settlement after the battlefield death of President ...Malaria vaccine hailed as potential breakthrough
A potential new malaria vaccine has proved highly effective in a trial in babies in Africa, pointing to it one day possibly ...Chad slain leader’s son takes power as rivals slam ‘coup’
Chad faced an uncertain future on Wednesday as the son of slain leader Idriss Deby Itno took power in what the opposition ...Chad’s President Idriss Déby dies ‘in clashes with rebels’
Chad’s President Idriss Deby Itno died on Tuesday from wounds sustained in battle after three decades in power, the army announced. The ...














