Africa

New York: The United Nations on Thursday expressed concern over the escalating communal violence in South Sudan which it said has left several people dead...

Addis Ababa: Severe drought has caused 7.4 million people to be food insecure in southern and south-eastern Ethiopia, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has...

Seytenga: The government of Burkina Faso revealed on Tuesday that soldiers had recovered the bodies of 79 victims killed in an attack in the northern...

Abuja: At least 50 people including women and children were killed and others injured after gunmen attacked a Catholic church in Nigeria's Ondo state during...

New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned the killing of two Egyptian members of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, a UN...

Kinshasa: Ten African nations top a list of countries where people's suffering from displacement and conflict is internationally neglected, according to an...

Geneva: Zambia's plan to abolish the death penalty adds to the growing global chorus against the practice, the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR, said on Friday...

Lagos: Atleast 31 people were killed and seven others were left injured after a stampede broke out at a church event in the southeastern Nigerian city of...

Ouagadougou: At least 50 people of Madjoari in eastern Burkina Faso were killed on Wednesday in an armed attack, Xinhua News Agency quoting East Region...

Dar es Salaam: Tanzanian health authorities said on Monday they are on high alert following a fresh outbreak of Ebola in the northwestern Democratic...