Africa

One dead as storm hits French Indian Ocean island

By Mahdia BENHAMLA SAINT-DENIS DE LA REUNION, Jan 15, 2024 (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of people on France's Indian…

Reunion Island on highest alert as major storm hits

SAINT-DENIS DE LA REUNION, Jan 15, 2024 (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of people on France's Reunion Island were confined…

S.Africa’s Pistorius released from prison

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 5, 2024 (AFP) - South Africa's ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was released from jail on parole Friday and…

Attacks kill at least 160 people in central Nigeria

BOKKOS, Nigeria, Dec 25, 2023 (AFP) - Armed groups have killed at least 160 people in central Nigeria in a…

Tens of thousands affected as floods hit Thai south

BANGKOK, Dec 25, 2023 (AFP) - Floods caused by intense rainfall have affected tens of thousands of people in Thailand's…

Second Cape Town wildfire forces evacuations

CAPE TOWN, Dec 22, 2023 (AFP) - South African firefighters on Friday battled two major wildfires on mountains near Cape…

16 people killed in an attack in Nigeria: army

JOS, Nigeria, Dec 24, 2023 (AFP) - Sixteen people have been killed in an attack in northcentral Nigeria, where clashes…

UN Security Council voices ‘alarm’ at spreading violence in Sudan

WASHINGTON, Dec 23, 2023 (AFP) - The UN Security Council expressed "alarm" at growing violence in war-torn Sudan on Friday,…

Colombian ex-soldier pleads guilty in Haiti president assassination plot

MIAMI, Dec 22, 2023 (AFP) - A former Colombian soldier pleaded guilty Friday in a US federal court to conspiracy…

Dozens injured in Seychelles blast at explosives depot

MAHE ISLAND, Seychelles, Dec 7, 2023 (AFP) - A huge blast at an explosives depot in Seychelles on Thursday injured…

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