AFRICA

Zimbabwe ex-president Mugabe dies aged 95

2:57 pm September 6, 2019

Harare: Robert Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe with an iron fist from 1980 to 2017, has died aged 95, the country’s president announced Friday. “It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of Zimbabwe’s founding father and former President… Robert Mugabe,” Emmerson Mnangagwa said in a tweet. Mugabe “was an icon of […]

Scores arrested in S.Africa looting, anti-foreigner protests

1:30 am September 3, 2019

Johannesburg: South African police on Monday arrested dozens of people following widespread looting and protests in the transport industry linked to a wave of anti-foreigner sentiment. At least 70 people have been arrested since hundreds of people marched through Johannesburg’s Central Business District (CBD) earlier on Monday, plundering shops and torching cars and buildings, the […]

Russian ambassador to Egypt dies in Cairo hospital

12:10 am September 3, 2019

Cairo : Russia’s ambassador to Egypt died suddenly on Monday in a Cairo hospital, the Russian embassy in Cairo said on its social media accounts. The embassy did not specify the cause of Sergey Kirpichenko’s death. A career diplomat who had served as ambassador to Egypt since 2011, the 68-year-old had also represented Moscow in […]

Toll from attack on Burkina military base rises to 24

10:54 pm August 20, 2019

Ouagadougou: The death toll from an attack Monday on a military base in northern Burkina Faso rose to 24, the military said, in an unprecedented blow to the army in its campaign against jihadist insurgents. Seven people were wounded and five others missing, armed forces headquarters said in a statement Tuesday. The previous toll from […]

Burkina Faso’s military says extremists kill 10 soldiers

7:01 pm August 20, 2019

Dakar: Burkina Faso’s military says extremists have killed at least 10 soldiers in the country’s north. The military said in a statement that several more soldiers were wounded in Monday’s attack in Soum Province near Mali’s border. The military said an air and land operation has been launched “in reaction to the barbaric attack” to […]