Alcohol Fuels High Death Toll on South African Roads
It’s a scene repeated in bars across South Africa every day and night: A man saunters into the establishment, tosses his car keys on the counter and starts drinking an alcoholic beverage. He’s...
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Search for Survivors Continue After Nairobi Building Collapse
Rescue crews in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, are searching for survivors after flooding caused a seven-story residential building to collapse, killing at least seven people and trapping an unknown number of others inside....
African Presidents Pledge to Stop Elephant Poachers
More than 200 people, including three African presidents, attended the opening of a three-day summit Friday near Mount Kenya, where activists and officials have gathered to discuss the future of Africa’s elephants and...
8 Somali Government Soldiers Killed By Al-Shabab Militants
Al-Shabab militants in Somalia killed at least eight government soldiers in an ambush near the town of Baidoa, officials said. A Somali military commander said that Shabab fighters, using rocket propelled grenades and...
Angola Travelers To Be Vaccinated Against Yellow Fever Vaccination
The world health organisation is urging travelers to Angola to get a yellow fever vaccination. An outbreak of the disease in the African country has killed at least 258 people. WHO director-general Margaret...
Riek Machar Sworn In As South Sudan VP
South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar returned to the capital Tuesday and took the oath as the country’s top vice president. Machar’s arrival raises hopes the government and rebels can move ahead with...
El Nino Could Cause Famine in Somalia
A group of 23 nongovernmental organizations working in Somalia say the country is in danger of falling into famine, as it did in 2010, because of drought and food shortages. The groups known as...
Activists in Dakar Demand Release of Gambian Opposition Members
DAKAR— In Dakar, rights activists and members of the Gambian Diaspora marched Friday to demand the unconditional release of dozens of opposition members arrested in Gambia one week ago. The opposition says at...
CAR President Wants Arms Embargo Lifted
President Faustin-Archange Touadéra of the Central African Republic, who took office less than a month ago, has said his first tasks will include disarming ex-combatants and rebuilding the military. “Security, peace and national...
Xenophobic attacks in Lusaka Zambia
article written by; Mike Mwenda Riots in Zambia’s capital spread to other parts of Lusaka on Tuesday as looters ransacked shops owned by immigrants, particularly Rwandans, and the ruling Patriotic Front party said...
