Tag: africa
French military participation in Ivory Coast ends
As the country joins others in reducing military relations with its former colonial power, the president of Ivory…
The UN urges a peaceful end to Mozambique’s protracted conflict.
In order to reduce tensions and find a peaceful solution to the current crisis in Mozambique, the UN…
Mozambique police said hundreds escaped and several died in the Maputo jail uprising.
The disputed election in October is causing increasing civil unrest in Mozambique. Bernardino Rafael, the general commander of…
At least 94 people are killed in Mozambique by Cyclone Chido.
Mozambique continues to have the highest death toll for the time being. According to Mozambique's disaster management office,…
When Macron travels to cyclone-ravaged Mayotte, locals want vital assistance.
Given the brutality of what they experienced, many feel the death toll is significantly greater than what is…
Nigerian governor: Children dead in stampede at holiday fair
Authorities claim they will look into "anyone directly or remotely involved in this disaster" after a number of…
Cyclone Chido leaves Mozambique in ruins, killing scores.
Homes, schools, and hospitals are severely damaged by the storm, and authorities are urging immediate humanitarian assistance to…
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…