Africa

A multi-story building that was still under construction collapsed in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Friday, resulting in casualties and looting at the...

JOHANNESBURG: Representatives from Southern African countries and regional and international disaster-management organisations began a four-day meeting in...

Abuja: Nigeria has confirmed an imported case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with 44 contacts identified and...

Kinhasa: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recorded more than 9,000 confirmed Ebola cases since May, as preparations for a vaccine trial near...

Geneva: The death toll in a migrant boat capsizing off the coast of Djibouti has risen to 139, with 84 people still missing, the International Organisation...

Abuja: Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday (local time) declared three days of national mourning following the crash of a Nigerian Air Force...

Addis Ababa: Over the past week, three militias from a new alliance, led by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), have been fighting the Ethiopian...

Johannesburg: High above the thick bushland of South Africa's Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, a drone glided through the sky. On a handheld monitor below, footage...

New York: The Correct the Map resolution to promote map projections that more realistically reflect the true size of continents endorsed by the United...

Kinshasa: Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) say Ebola infections have surpassed 7,000, marking the country's worst outbreak on...