Category: WORLD NEWS

The number of people who died in Wednesday’s jihadist attack on a military convoy escorting civilians in northern Burkina Faso has risen to 80, the authorities have said. Nearly 60…

The Lagos state government in Nigeria has banned street begging and has formed a special team to stop the “menace”, local media report. The team is expected to begin operations…

The Burkinabe government said Wednesday that 47 people, including 30 civilians, 14 soldiers and three army auxiliaries, were killed in an attack by suspected jihadists on a military convoy escorting…

Ivory Coast begins vaccinating health workers in the commercial capital Abidjan against Ebola on Monday after a case of the deadly virus was confirmed over the weekend. An 18-year-old woman…

A convicted Gauteng serial rapist has been handed eight life sentences and a further 223 years for raping 10 women. The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg sentenced Thokozani Jiyane, nicknamed…

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has sacked all his ministers, his office said, days after he criticized some of their performances as below par. Rajoelina’s office gave no reason for the…

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has sacked the energy minister and his chief of staff who are facing corruption charges. The two and one other official – Enock Chihana, a partner…

Oil giant Shell will pay a Nigerian community $111m (£80m) over an oil spill more than 50 years ago. A spokesman said the payment would mark the “full and final…

Malawi’s Energy Minister Newton Kambala has been arrested for allegedly trying to influence the way that contracts for the supply of oil were awarded, the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has…