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Africa COVID cases could be seven times higher than reported, WHO says

Africa COVID cases could be seven times higher than reported, WHO says

-- 2022-02-10 20:58:05

The World Health Organization estimates that the number of COVID-19 infections in Africa could be seven times higher than official data suggests, while deaths from the virus could be two to three time...

Madagascar death toll from Cyclone Batsirai climbs to 92

Madagascar death toll from Cyclone Batsirai climbs to 92

-- 2022-02-10 11:03:02

The death toll in Madagascar from Cyclone Batsirai rose to 92, the state disaster relief agency said on Wednesday, as information continued to filter in from areas of the country that were badly affec...

Libyan PM survives assassination bid

Libyan PM survives assassination bid

-- 2022-02-10 10:57:44

Assailants struck Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah's car with bullets early on Thursday but he escaped unharmed, a source close to him said, amid intense factional wrangling over control of...

At least 30 Islamist militants killed in Mali joint operations

At least 30 Islamist militants killed in Mali joint operations

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-02-09 14:15:32

At least 30 Islamist militants were killed and dozens of vehicles and weapons destroyed during joint operations between the French-led Takuba task force and Malian soldiers last week, the French Army...

Millions facing severe hunger in Horn of Africa, WFP says

Millions facing severe hunger in Horn of Africa, WFP says

-- 2022-02-08 17:28:55

The UN World Food Programme said on Tuesday that 13 million people across the Horn of Africa face severe hunger, calling for immediate assistance to avoid a repeat of a famine a decade ago that killed...

Cyclone kills 21 people, displaces more than 60,000 in Madagascar

Cyclone kills 21 people, displaces more than 60,000 in Madagascar

-- 2022-02-08 17:21:36

Residents of a coastal town in Madagascar that was battered by Cyclone Batsirai over the weekend were left picking through the wreckage of their homes on Monday, collecting soaking wet clothing and an...

Moroccan boy stuck in well dies before rescue

Moroccan boy stuck in well dies before rescue

-- 2022-02-06 12:18:49

A small boy trapped in a well in northern Moroccan for five days died before rescuers were able to reach him late on Saturday and retrieve his body, two government officials said, Reuters reports. Fo...

Moroccan rescuers get within metres of reaching child trapped in well

Moroccan rescuers get within metres of reaching child trapped in well

-- 2022-02-05 19:49:48

Rescuers on Saturday dug to within a few metres of reaching a young boy who has been trapped for five days in a well in northern Morocco, a delicate and dangerous operation constantly delayed by rocks...

Approval of Covid-19 vaccine made in South Africa could take 3 years

Approval of Covid-19 vaccine made in South Africa could take 3 years

-- 2022-02-05 19:01:25

The mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccine produced at the World Health Organization-backed vaccine hub in South Africa could take up to three years to get approval if companies do not share their technology and...

Omicron sub-variant accounts for 23pc cases in South Africa

Omicron sub-variant accounts for 23pc cases in South Africa

-- 2022-02-04 18:22:15

South Africa is seeing more cases of the ba.2 sub-variant of the omicron coronavirus variant and is monitoring it, but there is no clear sign that ba.2 is substantially different from the original omi...

Militia attack at Congo displaced persons’ camp kills 60

Militia attack at Congo displaced persons’ camp kills 60

-- 2022-02-02 17:50:44

At least 60 people were killed in a militia attack on Wednesday morning at a displaced persons' camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the head of a local humanitarian group and a witness said....

Failed Guinea-Bissau coup bid may have been linked to drugs: President

Failed Guinea-Bissau coup bid may have been linked to drugs: President

-- 2022-02-02 10:34:41

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived an attempted coup on Tuesday but said many members of the security forces had been killed repelling an attack on democracy that may have been li...

40pc people in Ethiopia's Tigray lack adequate food, finds WFP

40pc people in Ethiopia's Tigray lack adequate food, finds WFP

-- 2022-01-28 18:21:55

Nearly 40 per cent of people in Ethiopia's Tigray region do not have adequate food after 15 months of conflict, according to an assessment released on Friday by the UN World Food Programme (WFP). The...

Death toll from Storm Ana rises to 86, another storm brews in Africa's east

Death toll from Storm Ana rises to 86, another storm brews in Africa's east

-- 2022-01-28 16:52:58

Tropical Storm Ana has killed at least 86 people across southern and eastern Africa, with recovery operations still ongoing as another storm threatened more severe weather, reports Reuters. Storm Ana...

Burkina Faso President Kabore detained at military camp

Burkina Faso President Kabore detained at military camp

-- 2022-01-24 14:21:07

Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore has been detained at a military camp by mutinying soldiers, two security sources and a West African diplomat said on Monday, following heavy gunfire around his resid...

Ghana explosion leaves survivors with cuts and questions

Ghana explosion leaves survivors with cuts and questions

-- 2022-01-23 14:20:45

Nancy Nyarko was preparing porridge at her roadside stall near the edge of the village of Apiate in Ghana's western mining region when she heard a loud noise close by. Looking up, she saw a motorbike...

Explosion leaves 13 dead in Ghana mining region

Explosion leaves 13 dead in Ghana mining region

-- 2022-01-22 11:10:05

At least 13 people were killed and scores injured when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine in western Ghana detonated, flattening a rural community, the police said on Friday. Smouldering timb...

Four French soldiers injured in Burkina Faso explosion

Four French soldiers injured in Burkina Faso explosion

REUTERS 2022-01-19 13:54:36

Four French soldiers from the Operation Barkhane taskforce were injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) hit their vehicle in Burkina Faso, reported Le Monde, Le Figaro and Agence France Pre...

Gunmen kill 50 in Nigeria

Gunmen kill 50 in Nigeria

-- 2022-01-16 20:47:12

Gunmen killed at least 50 people in a raid on an area of northwest Nigeria, residents said on Sunday. Abdullahi Karman Unashi, a community leader, told Reuters that dozens of armed men on motorcycles...

Car bomb in Somali capital kills eight

Car bomb in Somali capital kills eight

-- 2022-01-12 18:00:05

A car bomb exploded on a road leading to the airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, killing at least eight people, the head of the city's ambulance services said. Mogadishu resident Mo...

Ugandan novelist charged with communications offences

Ugandan novelist charged with communications offences

-- 2022-01-11 18:44:28

A prominent Ugandan writer and critic of long-ruling leader Yoweri Museveni has been charged with communications offences related to tweets critical of the president and his son, the charge sheet show...

Air strike in Ethiopia's Tigray kills at least 17

Air strike in Ethiopia's Tigray kills at least 17

-- 2022-01-11 17:06:45

An air strike in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray on Monday killed at least 17 people, mostly women, and wounded dozens in the town of Mai Tsebri, two aid workers told Reuters, citing local author...

Attacks in northwest Nigeria leave 200 dead

Attacks in northwest Nigeria leave 200 dead

-- 2022-01-09 11:42:33

An estimated 200 people or more have been killed in villages in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara during deadly reprisal attacks by armed bandits following military air strikes on their hideo...

16 dead in road accident in Egypt's South Sinai

16 dead in road accident in Egypt's South Sinai

-- 2022-01-08 21:05:50

Sixteen people were killed and 18 injured in an accident involving a bus and a microbus on the road between Egypt's Suez and El-Tor, the Egyptian health ministry said in a statement on Saturday. Thir...

Ethiopia air strike in northwest Tigray killed 56 people

Ethiopia air strike in northwest Tigray killed 56 people

-- 2022-01-08 17:53:33

An air strike in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray killed 56 people and wounded at least 30 in a camp for the internally displaced, two aid workers told Reuters on Saturday, citing local authoritie...

Ethiopia government frees several rebel leaders in Christmas amnesty

Ethiopia government frees several rebel leaders in Christmas amnesty

-- 2022-01-08 11:42:35

Ethiopia's government says it will free several prominent opposition figures as the country marks Orthodox Christmas. Speaking on Friday, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the government...

Blaze at South Africa's parliament doused, suspect due in court

Blaze at South Africa's parliament doused, suspect due in court

-- 2022-01-04 15:19:32

A new blaze at the complex housing South Africa's parliament in Cape Town has been contained, officials said on Tuesday, as a suspect arrested in connection with the fire was due to appear in court....

Sudanese prime minister Hamdok resigns after failing to restore civilian government

Sudanese prime minister Hamdok resigns after failing to restore civilian government

-- 2022-01-03 15:14:07

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Sunday he was resigning, six weeks after returning to his post in a deal with military coup leaders he argued could save a transition toward democracy....

Fire breaks out at South Africa's parliament building

Fire breaks out at South Africa's parliament building

-- 2022-01-02 16:57:34

A fire erupted at the South African parliament early on Sunday, with flames bursting from the roof of a building and a plume of smoke that could be seen from miles away, and after several hours firefi...

Funeral for Archbishop Desmond Tutu begins in Cape Town

Funeral for Archbishop Desmond Tutu begins in Cape Town

-- 2022-01-01 18:52:21

The state funeral for Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a hero of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, began on Saturday in St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, where for years he preached against raci...