Africa

Abuja: Armed men killed at least 20 people in Nigeria's northwestern Niger state, residents and humanitarian reports said, with several more abducted.The...

Abuja:  Nigeria's army said on Sunday it had rescued 31 worshippers taken hostage during an attack on a church in northwestern Kaduna...

Mombasa: A month into the war on Iran, Africa is scrambling to keep its engines running.In Kenya, there are reports of shortages of roughly 20% hitting...

Harare: Hundreds turned out as Zimbabwe's parliament began nationwide public hearings on a Constitution Amendment Bill drafted by the ruling ZANU‑PF. The...

Cape Town: Arguably, no form of technology has sparked both fear and enthusiasm quite the way nuclear energy has.In the 1950s, the peaceful use of nuclear...

Khartoum: At least 64 people were killed in a strike on a hospital in East Darfur, Sudan, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.The dead...

An attack on several villages in South Sudan left at least 169 people dead, local authorities said on Monday.

Geneva: A United Nations investigative body has issued a stern warning that South Sudan is on the brink of a "return to full-scale war."The Commission on...

New Delhi: India on Friday signed and joined the Pax Silica Declaration on the sidelines of the Global AI Impact Summit being held here in the national...