At least three dead in Mogadishu car bombings
Following the blasts, witnesses reported hearing gunfire and said the entire area around the Nasa Hablod Hotel 2 had been sealed off by security forces
Oct 28, 2017, 23:06 PM IST
In Kenya election re-run, polling incomplete and next steps uncertain
Two days after polling in the rest of the country, voting had been due to take place in four counties where residents blocked roads and clashed with police.
Oct 28, 2017, 22:43 PM IST
More than 1.1 billion people don't exist officially, says UN report
Among these "invisible people" - many of whom live primarily in Africa and Asia, says a UN report.
Oct 22, 2017, 09:31 AM IST
Somalia twin bomb explosions: 300 confirmed dead, toll likely to go up
More than 300 people died after twin bomb explosions in Mogadishu, an official said on Monday, as locals packed hospitals in search of friends and relatives caught up in Somalia’s deadliest attack in
Oct 16, 2017, 15:19 PM IST
Nigeria's Boko Haram trials to be held behind closed doors
The announcement that due process was finally to begin was given a cautious welcome but a ban on media access will likely raise concerns about transparency.
Sep 29, 2017, 19:42 PM IST
At least 3 peacekeepers killed in Mali attack: UN
At least three UN peacekeepers were killed today during an attack on their convoy in Mali, the UN mission to the conflict-torn country said, without specifying their nationality.
Sep 24, 2017, 20:04 PM IST
Kenyan election delayed to October 26: Polls commission
The decision comes a day after the Supreme Court issued a detailed judgement lambasting the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for failing to properly conduct the election.
Sep 21, 2017, 22:19 PM IST
Kenya Supreme Court criticises election board in verdict on polls
The court was offering a detailed ruling as to why it annulled the Aug 8 election and ordered a fresh presidential vote within 60 days.
Sep 20, 2017, 20:48 PM IST
Suicide bombers kill 15 in northeast Nigeria
The UN children's fund said last month that 83 children had been used as suicide bombers this year, four times as many as in all of 2016.
Sep 18, 2017, 19:12 PM IST
Troops kill 18 Burundian refugees in DR Congo: Officials
Around 36,000 are in DR Congo, mainly in the overcrowded camp of Lusenda, in the east, or several transit camps.
Sep 16, 2017, 15:44 PM IST
At least 33 dead in Nigeria boat capsize: Emergency services
NEMA coordinator Suleiman Mohammed Karim said the accident happened in a remote area of Kebbi state on Wednesday morning.
Sep 15, 2017, 21:55 PM IST
UN trying to improve 'terrible' migrant detention conditions in Libya
Until recently, Libya had been a major launching off point for migrants, most of them from African countries, trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.
Sep 14, 2017, 13:43 PM IST
Curfew in SE Nigeria after pro-Biafra, army clashes
A three-day dusk-to-dawn curfew has been imposed in southeast Nigeria due to mounting tensions between pro-Biafra supporters and the military.
Sep 13, 2017, 16:27 PM IST
Zimbabwe's Grace Mugabe says model attacked her with knife
The statement said Grace Mugabe, 52 and a contender to replace her 93-year-old husband as Zimbabwe`s President, was thinking about filing attempted murder charges.
Sep 11, 2017, 18:14 PM IST
Suicide bomber hits central Somalia town, kills 4
A Somali police officer says a suicide bomber blew himself up near a government office in a central Somali town on Sunday, killing at least four people.
Sep 10, 2017, 19:57 PM IST
Nigeria: Boko Haram kills seven in attack on displaced camp
The attack on Friday evening in Ngala, near the border with Cameroon, came as two people were killed in an explosion outside another camp in the Borno state capital, Maiduguri.
Sep 09, 2017, 17:17 PM IST
Central African Republic risks return to major conflict: UN report
Deadly ethnic fighting in Central African Republic could descend into a much larger-scale conflict if nothing is done to disarm combatants and defuse tensions, a UN report said on Friday.
Sep 08, 2017, 19:30 PM IST
Suspected militants kill 2 police in attack on Kenyan church
Kenya's police say two officers were killed when gunmen attacked them at a church they were guarding by Kenya's Indian Ocean coast.
Sep 03, 2017, 19:02 PM IST
Al Shabaab says kills 26 soldiers in attack on base near Kismayu
Al Shabaab said it killed 26 Somali soldiers early on Sunday when the militants attacked a military base in a village near the port city of Kismayu.
Sep 03, 2017, 13:00 PM IST
35 Egyptian pilgrims die during Haj pilgrimage
The pilgrimage started on August 31, with more than two million pilgrims, including 1.8 million foreigners, expected to participate.
Sep 03, 2017, 10:41 AM IST
