Africa

Rescuers enter tunnel to free Moroccan boy trapped in well

Morocco held its breath as rescue workers on Saturday entered a tunnel leading to a pocket where a five-year-old boy…

Morocco rescuers dig to save boy trapped in well for days

BAB BERRED, Morocco (AFP) - Moroccan rescuers raced against the clock on Friday to save a young boy trapped in…

Africa’s Covid jab rate must ‘increase six times’: WHO

BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (AFP) -- Africa must boost the vaccination rate against Covid-19 "six times" to reach the target of 70…

Deadly storm Ana strands tens of thousands in southern Africa

by Jack McBrams with Aunicio DA SILVA in Nampula Agence France-Presse LILONGWE, Malawi (AFP) - Torrential rains from deadly Tropical…

Nearly 40 percent of Tigrayans face ‘extreme lack of food’: UN

  by Robbie COREY-BOULET Agence France Presse ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) -- Nearly 40 percent of people in Ethiopia's Tigray…

70 dead from Tropical Storm Ana in southern Africa

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AFP) -- The death toll from a storm that struck three southern African countries rose to 70 on…

Jihadist threat stirs anti-Fulani hostility in Ivory Coast

by Pierre DONADIEU Agence France-Presse KAFOLO, Ivory Coast (AFP) - Jihadist attacks in northern Ivory Coast have ramped up hostility…

17 killed, 59 injured by explosion in western Ghana

ACCRA, Ghana (AFP) -- At least 17 people were killed and 59 injured Thursday in a devastating explosion in a…

Liberia stampede kills 29 people

  MONROVIA, Libera (AFP) -- A stampede killed at least 29 people at a religious event in the suburbs of…

S.Africa parliament fire suspect charged with terrorism

by Gersende RAMBOURG CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AFP) -- A South African court charged a man suspected of starting a…

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