Tag: africa
Officials say a Mayotte cyclone killed hundreds, possibly thousands.
According to authorities, it was challenging to determine the exact number of fatalities following the cyclone, which also…
A boat carrying undocumented refugees capsizes off the coast of Tunisia, killing several people.
Authorities are still searching for the missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Tunisia, leaving nine…
Omdurman, Sudan, is attacked by paramilitary forces, killing scores of civilians.
In the ongoing civil conflict with the army, shelling by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the city…
John Mahama, the former president of Ghana, returns after winning an election.
The Electoral Commission has not yet made the actual results public, but Mahamudu Bawumia, the ruling NPP candidate,…
Despite a ceasefire, fighting intensifies in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Although both sides kept exchanging gunfire, Angola negotiated a tenuous ceasefire in early August that stabilized the situation…
Rights NGOs estimate that 135 people died in the stampede at the Guinea football stadium.
Two groups demand that the tournament organizers be arrested and charged right away. Human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs)…
Approximately 100 people were killed in violent altercations during a Guinean football game.
Violence was allegedly sparked by refereeing calls that resulted in two players from one football side receiving red…
Many people are killed when the RSF reattacks villages in Al-Jazira, Sudan.
Many residents were forced to leave their houses as the RSF retargeted the villages of Al-Fuwwar, Salim, Abu…
When scheduled polls in Namibia close, thousands of people are still waiting to cast their ballots.
Even though her party, the dominant South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), is facing the most formidable challenge…
Heavy shooting in Juba, South Sudan, as troops attempt to apprehend the former intelligence chief
Akol Koor Kuc, who has headed South Sudan's intelligence agency since the nation's 2011 independence from Sudan, was…
At least 40 people are killed by a paramilitary assault in central Sudan—medic
After a major paramilitary leader defected to the army's side last month, the RSF launched a series of…
South Sudan’s hunger situation will worsen as millions of people suffer from malnutrition.
According to the assessment, 57% of the population will experience severe food insecurity, with small children at high…