Africa

South Africa

Up to 500,000 South Africa gold miners to launch lung disease class action suits

Up to half a million gold miners have been given the go-ahead to launch class action lawsuits after contracting fatal lung diseases underground. The

13/05/2016

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Ghost ship mystery

Liberia’s Ministry of Defence has dispatched coast guard personnel to investigate an unknown tanker that was washed ashore in the coastal city of

12/05/2016

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe puts its wild animals up for sale

Zimbabwe’s government has said it is ready to sell its wildlife. People with money and space are being asked to buy animals in a bid to save them

11/05/2016

Kenya

Kenyan police fire tear gas at protesters calling for electoral body to resign

With 15 months until elections, opposition supporters had been staging a sit-in along the highway outside the offices of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission in Nairobi, who they accuse

10/05/2016

Egypt

Archaeologists clash in Cairo over Tutankhamun secret burial chambers

Archaeologists have clashed at a conference in Cairo over whether or not there could be secret burial chambers behind Tutankhamun’s tomb. British

09/05/2016

Egypt

Egypt: Funeral for eight policemen shot dead in Cairo

Egypt has held a military funeral for eight policemen gunned down in an ambush in the capital. The minister of the interior attended the ceremony in Cairo.

08/05/2016

Egypt

Gunmen kill eight police officers outside Cairo

Eight policemen have been shot dead near Cairo, Egypt’s Interior Ministry announced on Sunday. It said a vehicle carrying the victims, in civilian

08/05/2016

Egypt

Journalists among six facing death penalty in Egypt for 'spying for Qatar'

An Egyptian court has sought the death penalty for six men including three journalists charged with endangering national security by spying for

07/05/2016

Egypt

Egypt court postpones Mursi spying verdict for second time

A court in Cairo has postponed passing judgement for a second time on Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Mursi in his latest trial. Six other

07/05/2016

Cameroon

Cameroon footballer Patrick Ekeng dies after collapsing during match in Romania

Dinamo Bucharest and Cameroon international footballer Patrick Ekeng has died after collapsing on the pitch during a league match in the Romanian

07/05/2016

Angola

Angola activists' situation 'worrying,' says Amnesty International

Amnesty International has described the situation of 15 activists detained in Angola as “worrying.” The group is on hunger strike. Among them is

06/05/2016

Kenya

Six days on, survivors are found in collapsed Kenya building

Man and two women rescued Fourth woman survived in a cavity Around 140 now saved Police say 39 dead Rescuers in Kenya pulled four more

06/05/2016

Kenya

A miracle in Nairobi

Four people are pulled alive from the wreckage of an apartment block - six days after it collapsed.

05/05/2016

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Papa Wemba buried in Kinshasa

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been remembering its favourite son, Papa Wemba, who has been buried in Kinshasa. A private ceremony was held for

04/05/2016

Egypt

Bahrain's king holidays at Sharm el-Sheikh and tips Egypt for tourism

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has done his bit to promote tourism – in Egypt. Breaking off after an official visit to the country, he went

04/05/2016

Kenya

Kenya: baby pulled alive from rubble of Nairobi building reunited with father

The Kenyan Red Cross says a six-month-old baby girl has no visible physical injuries – despite being buried in the rubble of a collapsed building in

04/05/2016

Economy

IMF sub-Saharan Africa 2016 outlook sees weaker growth

The IMF says 2016 will be another difficult year for sub-Saharan Africa because of factors including the steep decline in commodity prices, the Ebola outbreak and drought.

03/05/2016

South Africa

Circus lions rescued in South America arrive in new African home

More than 30 lions rescued from circuses in Peru and Colombia have been flown back Africa to live out the rest of their lives in a private sanctuary

03/05/2016

Zimbabwe

Four million people face hunger from Zimbabwe drought

The number of people facing hunger in Zimbabwe due to drought has risen from three to four million, according to estimates. The UN children’s agency

02/05/2016

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Kenya burns vast piles of elephant tusks

Kenya’s Uhuru and Gabon’s Bongo set fire to thousands of elephant tusks and rhino horns, destroying a stockpile that would have been worth a fortune

02/05/2016

Kenya

Collapsed Kenya building 'had no occupancy permit'

With up to 16 people now dead and dozens feared missing, reports from Kenya say the six-storey residential block that collapsed late on Friday amid

01/05/2016

Kenya

Kenya burns huge ivory stockpile calling for ban on trade

A stockpile of more than 100 tonnes of ivory from some 8,000 animals was set alight near Nairobi on Saturday, to highlight the threat to endangered

30/04/2016

Kenya

Rescue teams keep searching after deadly Kenya collapse

At least ten bodies have now been recovered from the rubble of a collapsed building in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. Visiting the site of the disaster

30/04/2016

Kenya

Kenya burns over a hundred tons of elephant tusks and calls for a worldwide ban on ivory sales

Kenyan authorities were preparing to burn a stockpile of over a hundred tons of elephant tusks on Saturday as a message to the world over the threat

30/04/2016

Kenya

Chaotic scenes in Kenyan capital

Many are feared trapped in a collapsed residential building in the Huruma area of Nairobi.

30/04/2016

Sport

Egypt's Elshorbagy faces Frenchman Gaultier in El Gouna final

Egypt’s Mohamed Elshorbagy has powered his way through to the final of this year’s El Gouna International in the Red Sea resort. He thrashed

29/04/2016