Africa

At least 16 people were killed and eight others were seriously injured when a fire broke out early Sunday morning at a nightclub in Yaounde, Cameroon’s capital, authorities said. “On Sunday, January 23, 2022, at about 2:30 am, an accidental fire broke out in the cultural complex Liv’s Night Club…

At least 17 people were killed and 59 injured Thursday in a devastating explosion in a western Ghana town after a truck carrying explosives intended for a mine collided with a motorcycle, the government said. The blast left a huge crater and reduced dozens of buildings to dust-covered piles of…

Liberia’s President George Weah has declared three days of mourning following the death of 29 people in a stampede during a church service held on a football field in the capital, Monrovia. Mr Weah visited the site of the stampede, and said regulations should be put in place to ensure…

Lions and pumas at a South African zoo may have contracted Covid from their handlers, according to a study by scientists at the University of Pretoria. The scientists warn of the risk of new variants emerging if the virus “establishes itself in other animal reservoirs” and is transmitted back to…

Fifteen al-Shabaab militants hiding in a camp in Boni forest in Kenya’s southeastern Garissa County were killed on Monday, police said. In a statement on Tuesday, police said 15 terrorists were killed after being cornered by a multi-agency team tasked with conducting operations in the troubled Boni forest. Two command…

UN Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) on Monday said millions across the Horn of African region are facing the third season of severe drought. “Urgent action needed NOW and during the 6 months to avert catastrophe. Swift aid for drought-affected farmers and herders needed to avoid a hunger crisis” Rein…

A suicide bomber in the Somali capital has injured government spokesman and former journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu. Witnesses said that a suicide bomber ran toward Moalimuu’s vehicle in central Mogadishu and detonated an explosive vest. Moalimuu sustained injuries to the hand and leg from shrapnel from the device. The Somali…

The ousted President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, has died aged 76, family and former colleagues say. Last year he suffered a minor stroke but the cause of his death was not immediately clear. He died at 09:00 GMT on Sunday at his home in the capital Bamako, a member…

Sudanese authorities have revoked the license of the Doha-based Al Jazeera Mubasher TV, citing “unprofessional coverage” of developments in Sudan. The Information Ministry said in a letter to the director of Al Jazeera television in Sudan on Saturday that the move was taken due to the channel’s “unprofessional approach” and…

A Canadian doctor has told of her joy after delivering a “Miracle” baby on an overnight flight to Uganda. Dr Aisha Khatib, a professor at the University of Toronto, was about one hour into her Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Entebbe when the call went out. A Ugandan migrant…