Africa
Insurgents kill dozens in Mali base and attack Timbuktu, sources say
An Al Qaeda-linked jihadist group active in West Africa’s Sahel region has claimed an attack on a military base in Mali on ...As toll rises, Nigeria flood victims recall worst disaster in memory
Adamu Yusuf was preparing to go to the Mokwa market Thursday morning when he heard his neighbour shouting: floodwaters were sweeping through ...Heavy rains in Nigeria kill at least 21
By Ahmed Kingimi Thomson Reuters At least 21 people were killed in north central Nigeria on Thursday when their homes were destroyed ...Separatists’ sit-at-home protests lead to 700 deaths in Nigeria’s southeast, report says
By Ben Ezeamalu Reuters A sit-at-home order by banned separatist group Indigenous People of Biafra in Nigeria’s southeast has led to the ...Trump confronts South Africa’s Ramaphosa with false claims of white genocide
By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday with explosive false ...Mogadishu suicide bomber kills at least 10 at army recruitment drive
At least 10 people were killed on Sunday after a suicide bomber targeted a queue of young recruits registering at the Damanyo ...Libya’s PM says eliminating militias is ‘ongoing project’ as ceasefire holds
By Ahmed Elumami Reuters Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah said on Saturday that eliminating militias is an “ongoing project,” as a ceasefire ...Gunmen kill 30 travellers in Nigeria’s unstable southeast
By Ben Ezeamalu Reuters Gunmen shot dead at least 30 travellers in an attack in Nigeria’s southeastern Imo state, Amnesty International said ...Explosions, huge fire in Sudanese city of Port Sudan
Multiple explosions and fires were seen and heard in Sudan’s capital Port Sudan early on Tuesday, a witness said, though the exact ...At least seven killed, 20 injured in bombings in South Sudan
At least seven people have been killed after a hospital in a remote part of South Sudan was targeted in an aerial bombing, Doctors Without ...














