Africa
Egyptian security officers are freed by Islamist kidnappers
22/05 14:34 CET
Seven Egyptian security officers kidnapped in Sinai last week have been released. The men arrived at a military base in Cairo on Wednesday morning where they were received by President Mohamed Mursi and government ministers. Security forces said the men were freed…
-
Johannesburg - 22/05 11:08 CET
Oscar Pistorius’ brother cleared over woman’s death
The brother of South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been…
-
Egypt - 22/05 08:03 CET
Sinai: Egyptian hostages released - army spokesman
Seven Egyptian security officers kidnapped in Sinai last week have been…
-
Egypt - 21/05 11:34 CET
Egypt sends military reinforcements to Sinai
Egypt sent extra troops to Sinai – days after seven members of its…
-
Tunisia - 20/05 21:25 CET
Tunisia PM slams hardline Islamist group
Tunisia’s Islamist government has spoken out against hardliners…
-
Tunisia - 19/05 23:05 CET
Clashes leave casualties in Tunisia as radical Islamists defy…
One protester has died and several others have been injured in Tunisia…
-
Tunisia - 19/05 16:24 CET
Salafists clash with police in Tunisia after rally is banned
Police have clashed with hardline Islamists in Tunisia after the…
-
Alexandria - 18/05 14:44 CET
Row sparks sectarian violence at Alexandria in Egypt
It started as a row between two young men in Egypt’s second city of…
-
Nigeria - 17/05 11:14 CET
Nigerian army strikes out at Boko Haram in northeast
Nigerian forces have been attacking Islamist camps in the northeast in…
-
Morocco - 17/05 01:04 CET
Casablanca bombings remembered in Morocco
Morocco’s 21st century day of terror is remembered every May 16. It…
-
Mali - 16/05 19:00 CET
Mali's Traoré promises to spend donor euros well
At the end of a donor’s conference just held for Mali, its…
-
Egypt - 16/05 08:17 CET
Egypt: Militants planned French and US embassy attacks, reports…
An Al Qaeda-linked militant cell has reportedly been planning suicide…
-
Nigeria - 15/05 06:05 CET
Nigeria: State of emergency declared in northeastern states
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in…
-
South Africa - 14/05 23:25 CET
South African platinum miners strike over killing
South African miners have gone on strike, stopping production at the…
-
Rwanda - 14/05 20:58 CET
Rwanda building collapse
Reports from Rwanda say around a hundred people are trapped after a…
-
Libya - 14/05 01:07 CET
Libya: The government has got to go, say protesters
After hearing news of a deadly car bombing at a hospital in Benghazi…
-
Benghazi - 13/05 18:25 CET
Security concerns grow in Libya after deadly Benghazi attack
A car bomb has exploded outside a hospital in Libya’s eastern city…
-
Benghazi - 13/05 16:45 CET
Car bomb explodes outside Benghazi hospital in Libya
A car bomb has exploded outside a hospital in Libya’s eastern city…
-
South Africa - 13/05 16:23 CET
Anglo American shares hit by new job cuts plan
Shares in Anglo American Platinum have continued to drop dramatically…
-
Libya - 12/05 19:03 CET
Libyan militia go home as BP pulls out employees from Tripoli
After a two-week siege, Libyan militia have left their stations outside…
-
Libya - 12/05 09:15 CET
Former Libyan rebels lift siege of government ministries
Gunmen in Libya demanding the barring of Gaddafi-era officials from…
-
Egypt - 12/05 00:16 CET
Mubarak back in court for retrial
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been back in court for a…
-
Egypt - 11/05 12:45 CET
Former Egyptian president in court for retrial
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has once again appeared in court…
-
Libya - 10/05 22:15 CET
Libya: police stations bombed in Benghazi
Bombs exploded outside two police stations in the eastern Libyan city of…
-
Burkina Faso - 10/05 07:05 CET
Burkina Faso minister faints
Burkina Faso’s foreign minister has fainted during a joint press…
-
Nigeria - 09/05 19:06 CET
Nigeria shaken by two bloody massacres
More 50 fifty people were killed in the north-eastern Nigerian town of…
-
Nigeria - 09/05 15:04 CET
Nigeria : Militants killed 46 police officers in an ambush
According to local police, Nigerian militants have killed 46 police…
-
Egypt - 07/05 00:46 CET
Egyptians celebrate spring holiday
After a year of political turmoil, Egyptians have been taking some time…
-
Kenya - 06/05 18:05 CET
Kenyan court gives two Iranians life sentences for attack plots
Two Iranians have received life sentences in Kenya after being found…
-
Somalia - 06/05 08:35 CET
Somalia receives super-jab
Abdul Wahab is just six months old so is unaware he has made history. He…
-
Tanzania - 05/05 23:16 CET
One killed in attack on Catholic church in Tanzania
A suspected bomb attack on a new Catholic church in the mainly Christian…
-
Somalia - 05/05 15:46 CET
Somali suicide bomber hits Qatari convoy
A suicide bomber killed at least 11 people when he rammed his car into a…
-
Somalia - 05/05 09:54 CET
Somali bomb blast kills several officials
A massive car bomb has exploded in the Somali capital of Mogadishu…
-
Somalia - 02/05 13:46 CET
Somalia famine ‘left more than a quarter of a million people…
More than a quarter of a million people died because of the severe famine…
-
Mali - 02/05 08:06 CET
French Islamist convert captured in Mali
A French Islamist convert who had previously appeared on video…
-
Chad - 02/05 03:35 CET
Coup attempt foiled in Chad
Security forces in Chad have announced they have foiled an attempted coup…
-
Somalia - 01/05 08:22 CET
Danish and Filipino hostages freed after two year ordeal
Two Danes and four Filipinos who were held hostage in Somalia for more…
-
Libya - 30/04 17:26 CET
Gunmen surround Justice Ministry in Libya
Gunmen have surrounded Libya’s justice ministry in the capital of…
-
South Africa - 29/04 23:05 CET
South Africa's President Zuma visits recovering Nelson Mandela
South African President Jacob Zuma has paid a home visit to Nelson…
-
South Africa - 29/04 20:26 CET
Nelson Mandela appears in video for the first time after August
It’s been more than three weeks since Mandela was released after a…
-
Libya - 28/04 19:48 CET
Armed protest at foreign ministry targets new Libya…
Gunmen surrounded Libya’s foreign ministry in a protest against…
-
Algeria - 28/04 10:53 CET
Algerian President Bouteflika in Paris hospital
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been transferred to a…
-
Ethiopia - 27/04 18:05 CET
Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes maiden commercial flight
Boeing’s much-lauded Dreamliner flew into the skies and the history…
-
Chad - 25/04 13:14 CET
‘At the end the Germans always win’
To score four goals against a top Spanish club in the last decade or two…
-
South Africa - 24/04 18:06 CET
Desmond Tutu admitted to Cape Town hospital
South African Archbishop and peace campaigner Desmond Tutu is in a Cape…
-
Libya - 23/04 22:35 CET
French foreign minister visits Libya after embassy bombing
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has flown to Libya to inspect the…
-
Tripoli - 23/04 08:26 CET
'France will never give in' - foreign minister on embassy attack
Images have emerged of the explosion outside the French Embassy in the…
-
Nigeria - 22/04 21:45 CET
Carnage in Nigeria as troops and Boko Haram clash
Close to 200 people have been killed in intense fighting between the…
-
Cameroon - 19/04 11:49 CET
French hostage family released in Cameroon
A French family of seven has been released unharmed after a three-month…
-
Egypt - 17/04 17:32 CET
Mubarak goes straight to prison
Ex Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak has been sent back to prison in…
-
Egypt - 15/04 15:25 CET
Egypt's Mubarak cleared of murder to remain behind bars
Egypt’s Appeal Court has acquitted former President Hosni Mubarak…
-
Somalia - 14/04 22:45 CET
Dozens dead as terror returns to Mogadishu
Two suicide attacks in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday have left…
-
Somalia - 14/04 18:04 CET
Violence returns to Somalia as 19 are killed in Mogadishu
The Somali capital Mogadishu has been hit by its worst violence this year…
-
Central African Republic - 14/04 10:45 CET
30,000 Central African Republic refugees believed to have…
Images have been released by the UNHCR showing the living conditions of…
-
Cairo - 13/04 21:46 CET
Outside the Mubarak trial, Egypt's divisions are clear
Outside the Cairo court anger and despair was on show from the relatives…
-
Egypt - 13/04 12:45 CET
Judge withdraws from Mubarak retrial
The presiding judge in the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni…
-
Morocco - 13/04 11:14 CET
Five of the best for Ahansal
Mohamed Ahansal won the gruelling Marathon des Sables for a fifth time on…
-
Egypt - 12/04 22:16 CET
Egyptians suffer cuts and queues as fuel crisis bites
The news from Egypt since 2011 has been dominated by politics, upheaval…
-
Malawi - 12/04 19:19 CET
Malawi slams Madonna as "uncouth"
The government in Malawi has hit out at Madonna, branding the pop star an…
-
Mauritania - 12/04 15:14 CET
Warning of refugee crisis in Mauritania
Medical charity Doctors without Borders is warning that thousands of…
-
Republic of the Congo - 12/04 12:05 CET
M23 rebels will take on UN special force in DRC if attacked
The M23 rebel group in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of…
-
South Africa - 12/04 08:37 CET
Give up luxury cars, Archbishop Tutu tells South Africa…
South Africa’s veteran Archbishop Desmond Tutu has called on…
-
Mali - 12/04 08:24 CET
Mali PM visits north and vows July elections will go ahead
Mali’s prime minister has become the first senior government figure…
-
South Sudan - 10/04 10:55 CET
Nine dead as UN convoy ambushed in South Sudan
Five peacekeepers and seven civilians working for the UN mission in South…
-
Kenya - 09/04 15:36 CET
Kenyatta swears oath of office as Kenya's new president
Uhuru Kenyatta has been sworn in as Kenya’s fourth president…
-
Egypt - 08/04 12:15 CET
Mursi condemns deadly Cairo violence against Coptic Christians
Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has condemned the violence, which…
-
Cairo - 08/04 04:07 CET
One dead and more than 80 wounded in Cairo sectarian conflict
Fresh sectarian violence in Cairo on Sunday, left one person dead and…
-
Egypt - 07/04 04:07 CET
Violence erupts in Cairo on uprising anniversary
A march to mark the fifth anniversary of the uprising against former…
-
Pretoria - 06/04 15:40 CET
Nelson Mandela discharged from hospital in South Africa
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from…
-
Egypt - 06/04 10:27 CET
Euronews Correspondent attacked in Cairo
Euronews correspondent Mohammed Sheikhibrahim was attacked while…
-
Mali - 06/04 00:55 CET
France presses on with Mali troops withdrawal plans
The French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius stated on a visit to the…
-
Egypt - 05/04 22:36 CET
Ultra-conservative Salafists target Iranian diplomat in Cairo
A crowd of ultra-conservative Salafist demonstrators in Egypt have tried…
-
South Africa - 05/04 19:50 CET
South African match-fixing scandal to be investigated
An independent judicial inquiry backed by football’s world…
-
Cairo - 05/04 00:56 CET
Egypt homing in on 3.7 billion euro IMF loan
Egypt is closing to sealing a 3.7 billion euro loan from the…
-
Uganda - 04/04 10:02 CET
US offers rewards for Kony and his cronies
The United States has offered rewards of close to four million euros each…
-
Egypt - 03/04 23:16 CET
Protests greet IMF team in Egypt for tough financial rescue talks
There was an angry welcome in Egypt for a team from the International…
-
Egypt - 03/04 14:13 CET
Egypt in tough talks over IMF loan
A team from the International Monetary Fund will spend at least a week…
-
Mali - 02/04 18:30 CET
EU begins Mali training mission
EU forces have started training Malian soldiers to quell an Islamist…
-
Port Louis - 01/04 17:29 CET
Deadly flash floods ravage Mauritius
A day of mourning has been declared in Mauritius after at least 11 people…
-
Pretoria - 01/04 12:45 CET
Nelson Mandela's health 'improves'
The South African government has said that Nelson Mandela’s health…
-
Central African Republic - 01/04 06:55 CET
New caretaker government for Central African Republic
The Central African Republic’s new leader Michel Djotodia has…
-
Port Louis - 01/04 03:25 CET
Mauritian capital Port Louis rocked by heavy floods
The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has been hit by severe floods. At…
-
Egypt - 01/04 02:06 CET
Egyptian satirist surrenders to arrest warrant
A prominent Egyptian satirist has been accused by the authorities of…
-
Rabat - 31/03 23:06 CET
Morocco: union anger over govt that does not listen
Thousands of trade unionists in Morocco have demonstrated on the streets…
-
Kenya - 31/03 19:17 CET
Kenyatta thanks Kenyans for peace
Kenya’s president-elect has used an Easter Day mass in the capital…
-
South Africa - 31/03 17:15 CET
Easter prayers for Mandela in South Africa
Church congregations all over South Africa offered Easter prayers for…
-
Egypt - 31/03 15:46 CET
Egypt's TV joker explains presidential jibes to prosecutor
A prominent satirical TV presenter has appeared before Egypt’s…
-
Central African Republic - 31/03 00:07 CET
Self proclaimed CAR leader calls for exiles to return
Central African Republic’s new leader and self proclaimed president…
-
Kenya - 30/03 19:25 CET
Kenya Supreme Court confirms election result
The Supreme Court in Kenya has decided that the country’s…
-
Egypt - 30/03 18:25 CET
Egypt: arrest warrant for satirical TV host
In Egypt, the public prosecutor has issued an arrest warrant for the…
-
South Africa - 29/03 23:05 CET
Mandela 'doing well' but no sign of leaving hospital
Former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is…
-
South Africa - 29/03 14:06 CET
Mandela in 'good spirits' in hospital
The former South African president Nelson Mandela, is in good spirits and…
-
Egypt - 29/03 03:06 CET
Egypt faces crisis with a devalued currency
Egypt is facing a major credit crisis as its banks hold a national…
-
South Africa - 29/03 01:06 CET
Messages of concern pour in for Mandela
Quiet concern surrounds the health of former South African president…
-
Kenya - 28/03 18:45 CET
Seven die in attack on Kenyan tourist resort
At least seven people, including a police officer, have died, after a…
-
South Africa - 28/03 13:45 CET
Oscar Pistorius granted right to travel
South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has won a…
-
South Africa - 28/03 13:04 CET
Mandela: South Africa asks world to 'pray for our beloved Madiba'
The South African government said Nelson Mandela, in a Pretoria hospital…
-
South Africa - 28/03 08:55 CET
Mandela admitted to hospital suffering lung infection
Former South Africa President Nelson Mandela is back in hospital due to a…
-
South Africa - 28/03 08:53 CET
Nelson Mandela admitted in hospital
Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to…
-
Egypt - 28/03 04:16 CET
Egyptian elections delayed until October
With almost daily clashes in Egypt the country’s president has…
