Africa

New Delhi: Two pilots flying a plane from Sudan to Ethiopia fell asleep when the aircraft was 37,000 feet above sea level, and missed their landing. The...

Mogadishu: At least eight civilians were killed on Saturday as security forces continued to battle terrorist group Al-Shabab, which stormed a hotel in the...

Kenya's electoral commission chair on Monday announced that Deputy President William Ruto won the tight presidential race.

Abuja: Unidentified gunmen on Thursday attacked a community in central Nigeria's Plateau state, killing five people, local authorities said on Saturday.The...

Accra [Ghana]: Ghana has officially confirmed two cases of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola.

New York City: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday described Nelson Mandela as a "moral compass," calling for honouring the former...

Kampala: Nine people died while five others were injured in a road accident in the central Uganda district of Luweero, police said Sunday.Police in a...

Addis Ababa: The death toll from a recent suspected Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) rebel group attack is at least 338, said an Ethiopian official on...

New York: The United Nations on Thursday expressed concern over the escalating communal violence in South Sudan which it said has left several people dead...

Addis Ababa: Severe drought has caused 7.4 million people to be food insecure in southern and south-eastern Ethiopia, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has...