Africa

Khartoum: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has stepped down and consultations are under way to form a transitional council to run the country, government...

Khartoum: Around 20 people have been killed in attacks against anti-government protesters massed outside the army headquarters in Sudan's capital since...

Geneva: Armed conflict in the Libyan capital Tripoli has led to the forced displacement of 2,800 civilians, the UN said. Roads, according to the global...

Kampala: An American tourist and a tour guide that doubled as her driver who were kidnapped in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park have been rescued,...

Khartoum: Thousands of protesters marched towards President Omar Al Bashir's residence and the Ministry of Defence in central Khartoum. Seucrity forces...

Muscat: Rwanda is commemorating the 25th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group that saw more than 800,000 people killed in a 100 day...

Muscat: World powers have called for an end to hostilities in Libya after fighting erupted in the country. In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of...

Muscat: Ethiopian Airlines, on Thursday issued a statement on the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302, on 10 March this year, which took the lives of...

Beira: Nearly 900,000 doses of cholera vaccine procured by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) have arrived in Beira, Mozambique, officials...

Muscat: Algeria's 82 year old president Abdelaziz Bouteflika has officially resigned, the state-run Algerie Presse Service has said. In a letter...