Local officials say early morning attack leaves at least 110 dead, amid worsening ethnic violence in parts of Mali. Armed men have killed more than 100 people in central Mali, according to local officials, in what is one of the deadliest attacks in a country plagued by worsening ethnic violence and the rise of armed […]

Farmers say cyclone winds and floods destroyed fields in Chipinge and Chimanimani, worsening Zimbabwe’s food insecurity. Chipinge, Zimbabwe – Flash floods and landslides triggered earlier this month by Cyclone Idai has destroyed large tracts of cornfields in Zimbabwe’s agricultural Manicaland and Masvingo provinces, heightening food insecurity in the southern African country. Farmers in the worst-affected villages […]

Tens of thousands demonstrate across Algeria in a bid to keep up the pressure on ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Tens of thousands of Algerians have defied large contingents of riot police and resumed mass demonstrations against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid to extend his 20-year rule. A rally on Friday in the capital, Algiers, was […]

Opposition leaders say general’s call for Bouteflika to be declared unfit to rule is a manoeuvre to preserve old guard. Algiers, Algeria – A breakaway faction within Algeria’s ruling party has backed the army chief’s call for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be declared unfit to rule the country, even as several opposition parties and protesters denounced the […]

The 82-year-old, whose bid to seek a fifth term sparked widespread demonstrations, was in Geneva for medical treatment. Amid the biggest threat to his 20-year rule, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika arrived at an airbase southwest of the capital, Algiers, according to state media. His aircraft on Sunday flew into the Boufarik military airport from the […]

Ethiopians continue to take pride in national carrier due to swift response after crash, tour operators say. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The hotel lobbies in Addis Ababa are bustling with Ethiopian Airlines travellers in transit, almost a week after Sunday’s crash that left 157 people of more than 30 nationalities dead. The accident appears not […]

Ailing 82-year-old President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for fifth term in office has sparked widespread demonstrations. Tens of thousands of Algerians have taken to the streets of the capital, Algiers, as part of the biggest rallies yet against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s bid for a fifth term. The latest protest on Friday came after weeks of anti-Bouteflika […]

Filipe Nyusi says more than 100,000 are at risk after storm hit Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. President Filipe Nyusi feared the death toll could rise to 1,000 in Mozambique in the wake of Cyclone Idai he said in a nationwide address on Monday. “For the moment we have registered 84 deaths officially, but when we […]

The buses were carrying about 50 passengers each at the time of the crash in the Bono East region. At least 60 people have been killed in a head-on collision between two buses in southern Ghana, police said. The crash happened on Friday at about 2:00 am (0200 GMT) in the Bono East region, some 430km […]

A new study says a quarter of people interviewed in eastern DR Congo last year believe Ebola is not real. One in four people interviewed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last year believed Ebola wasn’t real, according to a new study, underscoring the enormous challenges healthcare workers are now facing. Health workers said public […]