Cybercrime police have arrested a man suspected of making death threats on social media against one of Burkina Faso’s leading journalists, authorities said.Last month, a 35-year-old trader issued “defamatory threats, inciting violence against the pers…
MOGADISHU– At least two people were killed and more than 15 others wounded, in a suicide car bombing attack on a popular hotel in the south-central Somali town of Jowhar, yesterday, a government official confirmed.Daud Haji Irro, a spokesman for Hirsha…
Flash floods triggered by seasonal torrential rains in Sudan’s western Darfur region killed at least 12 people, including children, the U.N. and an aid group said Sunday.Heavy rains started late Friday in the Kass locality in South Darfur province, acc…
A powerful suicide bomb blast rocked Somalia’s town of Jowhar, in Hirshabele state, killing at least three people and wounding seven others. Senior regional administration officials were among those hurt. Militant group Al-Shabab has claimed responsibi…
GENEVA— The World Health Organization said it would reconvene its expert monkeypox committee on July 21 to decide whether the outbreak constitutes a global health emergency.A second meeting of the WHO’s emergency committee on monkeypox will be held, wi…
BRAZZAVILLE— Africa faces a growing threat from zoonotic diseases such as monkeypox, the WHO said, with the continent recording a 63-percent rise in such outbreaks over the past decade.A World Health Organization (WHO) analysis found 1,843 “public heal…
The World Health Organization is calling for action to stem the growing spread of deadly infections such as monkeypox and Ebola between animals and humans in Africa.A new WHO analysis finds zoonotic outbreaks on the African continent have increased by …
Authorities in South Africa have arrested the owner of a bar and two employees in connection with the deaths of 21 teenagers, who lost their lives at a tavern last month under mysterious circumstances. Vicky Stark reports from Cape Town, South Africa.A…
KINSHASA, CONGO — Rebels attacked a hospital in Congo and killed at least 13 people, including infants and patients, according to hospital and military officials. The Congolese army said three attackers were killed when the military intervened.Some hos…
NAIROBI, KENYA — Angola’s former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos has died at age 79 after a prolonged illness. The country’s current president announced his death in a statement Friday.Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Africa’s second-largest oil pr…