Africa

South Africa

Balloon chair floats two kilometres up

A British adventurer has come back to Earth after drifting ten kilometres across the South African savannah in a camping chair attached to 100 balloons

26/10/2017

Africanews

Kenya Votes 2017: Have a look at the electoral system

Among the requirements to be a candidate includes having a post-secondary school qualification and having no conviction of an election offence during the preceding five years.

25/10/2017

Kenya

Kenya Supreme Court shambles clears way for presidential poll

Kenya's presidential election will take place after not enough Supreme Court judges turned up to hear an eleventh-hour petition to delay the poll

25/10/2017

Green News

Building a kick-ass team

Unbreakable, invincible, indestructible: team building experiences

24/10/2017

Eco-Innovation

"As the speed builds, so must his mental capacity”.

The mental preparation behind breaking land speed record

23/10/2017

Zimbabwe

Mugabe removed as WHO goodwill ambassador

22/10/2017

Zimbabwe

WHO chief 'rethinks' naming Mugabe goodwill ambassador

It follows a global outcry over the appointment

21/10/2017

Egypt

Egypt: dozens of police killed in desert ambush by militants

Sources say security forces had been seeking a militant hideout in the Western desert.

21/10/2017

Uganda

Concern amid outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease

One woman has been confirmed dead but hundreds may have been exposed to the virus, says WHO.

20/10/2017

Malawi

Vampire scare prompts UN to pull staff out of southern Malawi

Lynch mobs accusing people of vampirism had been searching for individuals and blocking roads

19/10/2017

Libya

Italy breaks up a Libyan gang smuggling low quality fuel into Europe

Italian police bust a gang smuggling €30 million euros’ worth of low-quality diesel from Libya into Europe and selling it at the standard price

19/10/2017

Africanews

[LIVE] Weah, VP Boakai to face off in November 7 Liberia election run-off

Ex-football star, George Weah of the Congress For Democratic Change (CDC) will face current vice-president, Joseph Boakai of the ruling Unity Party (UP) in a race to succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

16/10/2017

Somalia

Somalia blast death toll rises above 300

No group has admitted responsibility for the massive bombing on Mogadishu

16/10/2017

Somalia

More than 200 die in Somalia car bombings - reports

It is one of the deadliest attacks since an Islamist insurgency began in 2007.

15/10/2017

Liberia

Former footballer Weah and VP set to contest Liberia's presidential run-off

14/10/2017

Ivory Coast

Cargo plane crashes off Ivory Coast

Four Moldovan nationals have been killed and two others injured when a cargo plane crashed into the sea near the airport in the main city of Ivory Coast.

14/10/2017

Ivory Coast

Four die as cargo plane crashes into sea off Abidjan, Ivory Coast

The crash happened shortly after take off. Four people have died and six have been injured.

14/10/2017

Somalia

Mogadishu rocked by twin car bombs

More than 22 people have been killed in a double car bomb attack in the capital of Somalia.

14/10/2017

Liberia

Ex-football star George Weah ahead in Liberia election

Early results show the former FIFA World Footballer of the Year has taken a lead in the presidential ballot.

13/10/2017

Senegal

Euroviews. View: Inaction over child marriage not an option

Places that have not enacted laws prohibiting child marriage must do so urgently, and those that have must eradicate all loopholes, writes Simona Sikimic

12/10/2017

Liberia

Liberia braces for election results, opposition party cries foul

One of Liberia's main parties complains of fraud in Tuesday's presidential election, for which preliminary results are due any time.

12/10/2017

Kenya

Kenya rocked by protests

Kenya is lurching deeper into a political crisis as a court ruling and parliamentary vote appear to ease Uhuru Kenyatta's path to a second term as president.

11/10/2017

Liberia

Vote counting underway in Liberia's landmark election

Many queued before dawn on Tuesday to elect a successor to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and a new parliament.

11/10/2017

World News

More than 20,000 girls married illegally every day

Figure revealed in research released to mark International Day of the Girl

10/10/2017

No Comment

South Africa hit by storms and flash flooding

Johannesburg and the east of South Africa are battered by storms.

10/10/2017

Liberia

Liberia votes to choose successor to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

The Nobel prizewinner has steered the West African nation from civil war to economic recovery during her 12-year presidency.

10/10/2017