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Nine suffocate to death in Ugandan New Year firework crush

-- 2023-01-01 17:56:18

At least nine people including a 10-year-old boy suffocated to death as crowds rushing to see a New Year's firework display got stuck in a narrow corridor in a shopping mall near Uganda's capital, pol...

South African tanker blast death toll climbs to 18

REUTERS 2022-12-27 14:21:12

The death toll from a gas tanker explosion in Johannesburg on Christmas Eve has climbed to 18, officials said on Tuesday, as South African President Cyril Ramaphosa promised to support people affected...

Three killed in military helicopter crash in Niger

-- 2022-12-26 21:59:51

A Nigerien military helicopter crashed landing at an airport in the capital Niamey on Monday, killing three people on board including an expatriate instructor, the defence ministry said. The helicopt...

Johannesburg tanker explosion death toll rises to 15

-- 2022-12-26 15:33:01

The death toll from a gas tanker that exploded in Johannesburg on Saturday has risen to fifteen, authorities said, from an earlier estimate of eight. The blast, which tore the roof off the emergency...

Tanker explosion kills eight in Johannesburg

-- 2022-12-25 15:06:16

A gas tanker apparently stuck under a bridge exploded in Johannesburg on Saturday, killing eight people, injuring scores more and damaging nearby buildings, emergency services said. According to Reut...

South Africa marks holidays despite power cuts

-- 2022-12-24 16:50:17

Christmas lights twinkle, holiday music plays and Johannesburg's popular Rosebank mall bustles with shoppers. Then the lights go out. The shops are pitch dark. "Hold on to your wallets," calls out a...

Gambia panel seeks legal actions against Indian firm for cough syrup deaths

-- 2022-12-21 19:21:14

A parliamentary committee in The Gambia has recommended the prosecution of the Indian manufacturer of cough syrups suspected of causing the deaths of at least 70 children in the country. It said Maid...

Contest for South Africa's ANC leadership a two-horse race

REUTERS 2022-12-18 12:50:16

South Africa's ruling African National Congress nominated just two candidates to run for its top job on Saturday, leaving President Cyril Ramaphosa facing the health minister he suspended over corrupt...

Floods kill at least 120 in Congolese capital

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-14 14:16:51

At least 120 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital Kinshasa after heavy rains unleashed floods and caused landslides, a gove...

Children dying in Somalia as food catastrophe worsens

-- 2022-12-13 20:10:35

More than 200,000 Somalis are suffering catastrophic food shortages and many are dying of hunger, with that number set to rise to over 700,000 next year, according to an analysis by an alliance of UN...

Floods kill at least 50 people in Congo

-- 2022-12-13 19:21:37

At least 50 people have been killed in the Congolese capital Kinshasa after heavy rains unleashed floods and caused landslides, the city's police chief Sylvano Kasongo said on Tuesday. Images shared...

IMF and Ghana expected to reach staff-level agreement by Tuesday

REUTERS 2022-12-10 13:07:35

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Ghana are expected to reach a staff-level agreement on a loan deal by Tuesday at the latest, said three sources with knowledge of the ongoing talks. The IMF...

Gangs control about 60pc of Haiti's capital, says UN aid chief

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-09 11:14:54

Close to 60 per cent of Haiti’s capital is dominated by gangs whose violence and sexual attacks have caused thousands to flee their homes, the UN humanitarian chief in the Caribbean nation said...

272 civilians killed in Congo massacre last week

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-06 11:12:26

Democratic Republic of Congo's government on Monday said 272 civilians were killed in a massacre in the eastern town of Kishishe last week, raising the death toll from a previous estimate of 50. Cong...

Ghana to swap domestic debt in fight to regain economic stability

REUTERS 2022-12-05 13:16:11

Ghana will launch a domestic debt exchange on Monday, its Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said, expressing confidence that the move would help restore macroeconomic stability and end the West African...

South Africa leader Cyril Ramaphosa won't resign, says spokesman

BBC 2022-12-04 10:20:47

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will not resign despite a scandal over money stolen from his farm, his spokesman says. The row centres on claims he kept large sums of cash on his...

Male lawmaker slaps female colleague in Senegal’s parliament

-- 2022-12-03 17:15:32

A violent brawl broke out in Senegal’s parliament on Thursday after a male opposition lawmaker slapped a female colleague in the face, television footage showed, amid growing acrimony between ru...

Zambia to ration electricity for domestic customers

REUTERS 2022-12-03 11:28:06

Zambia will start rationing electricity supply to domestic consumers from Dec 15 following a big drop in water levels in lake Kariba, threatening hydropower generation, Energy Minister Peter Kapala sa...

Three killed, at least eight injured in Brazil school shooting

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-11-26 14:51:36

Three people were killed and at least eight injured on Friday when a shooter opened fire at two schools in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, local police said. The attacks happened around 10 am...

IMF, South Sudan in pact for emergency funds of $112.7 million

REUTERS 2022-11-22 13:17:23

The International Monetary Fund and South Sudan have reached a staff-level agreement for the release of about $112.7 million in emergency financing, the fund said on Tuesday. "This emergency financin...

COP27 deal delivers landmark on 'loss and damage', but little else

-- 2022-11-20 20:58:42

Countries adopted a hard-fought final agreement at the COP27 climate summit early on Sunday that sets up a fund to help poor countries being battered by climate disasters - but does not boost efforts...

World's longest-serving president eyes re-election

BBC 2022-11-20 12:18:38

The world's longest-serving president is seeking re-election to continue his 43-year rule in Equatorial Guinea. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 80, has presided over a regime mar...

South Africa reports bird flu outbreak on a farm

-- 2022-11-14 19:51:32

South Africa reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N2 bird flu on a farm in the eastern part of the country, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Monday, citing a...

Ethiopia combatants sign deal to start implementing truce

-- 2022-11-13 18:50:09

The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces on Saturday signed an agreement laying out the roadmap for implementation of a peace deal that both sides reached in South Africa this month. Representati...

Nineteen dead in Egypt after bus falls into canal

-- 2022-11-13 13:29:57

Nineteen people were killed and six others were injured when a bus fell into a canal in northern Egypt on Saturday, the Health Ministry said. The bus was carrying some 35 people when it deraile...

South Africa gets $497m from World Bank to decommission coal-fired power plant

-- 2022-11-05 18:53:04

A South African project to decommission and repurpose one of state-owned power utility Eskom's coal-fired power plants using renewables and batteries will get $497 million in financing from the World...

Militants kill 15 in attack on Burkina Faso military supply mission

-- 2022-10-31 14:23:57

Islamist militants killed 15 Burkinabe soldiers and volunteer militiamen on Saturday as they returned from a supply mission in eastern Burkina Faso, the army said on Sunday. A further four soldiers w...

Overcrowded stadium crush kills 11 people in Congolese capital

-- 2022-10-30 19:21:36

Eleven people were killed on Saturday, including two police officers, in a crush at an overcrowded stadium concert in Kinshasa headlined by Congolese singer Fally Ipupa, the interior minister said. T...

Somalia president: at least 100 people killed in car bombs

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-30 10:34:06

At least 100 people were killed and 300 injured in two car bombs that exploded outside the education ministry in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday, the country's president said in a statem...

Car bombs explode at Somalia’s education ministry

-- 2022-10-29 19:05:17

Two car bomb explosions at Somalia's education ministry rocked the capital Mogadishu on Saturday and blew out windows of nearby buildings, witnesses and the emergency services said. Islamist group al...