Africa

Mogadishu: A car bomb explosion in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday killed six and wounded 20 others and the death toll was likely to rise, a police...

Johannesburg: Two people have been killed and several injured in a stampede at South Africa's FNB Stadium during a soccer match between Soweto rivals...

Chinhoyi (Zimbabwe): Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Saturday said he was not stepping down nor dying and that there was no one with his political...

Nairobi: Unidentified gunmen attacked Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto's residence in the western town of Eldoret on Saturday when Ruto and his...

Cape Town: The number of poached rhinos in South Africa decreased by 13 animals to 529 between January to June compared with the same period last year, a...

Abidjan: Gendarmes in Ivory Coast fought off an overnight attack on their base north of the main city of Abidjan, a security spokesman said on Saturday as...

Maiduguri (Nigeria): Suicide bombers killed 17 people and injured 21 in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the police commissioner of Borno state...

Abuja: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is recuperating fast and will return home shortly, his deputy Yemi Osinbajo said on Wednesday after visiting the...

Juba: South Sudanese activists are using music, poetry, theatre, comedy, dance and fashion to preach tolerance in the world's youngest nation which has...

Beijing: China on Tuesday dispatched PLA personnel to man its first overseas military base at Djibouti in the strategic Indian Ocean region, a move likely...