Africa Edition Headlines

The deadly cyclone that lashed Malawi last week has displaced more than half a million people in the country, the UN said Tuesday as it warned of soaring humanitarian needs....

Companies in Europe need to back up climate-friendly claims about their products with evidence, draft rules from the European Commission show....

A mysterious disease that killed five people in Tanzania has been identified as Marburg haemorrhagic fever, a cousin of Ebola, the health ministry said on Tuesday....

President Emmanuel Macron will look to 'calm things down' with a televised interview on Wednesday amid growing anger across France over his plans to raise the retirement age, a source close to the centrist president said....

South Korean and US forces will hold their largest-ever live-fire exercises in June in a show of force to North Korea, which has ratcheted up tension with numerous missile launches, South Korea's defence ministry said on Wednesday....

Thai police on Wednesday surrounded a house where a gunman had holed up after killing two people and wounding another, a spokesperson said....

Uganda's parliament on Tuesday passed a law that criminalises identifying as LGBTQIA+ , handing authorities broad powers to target Ugandans who already face legal discrimination and mob violence....

A Putco bus driver who was forced out of the vehicle by a group of more than 20 men carrying sticks and bricks in Soshanguve, Pretoria on Monday has said she believes her attackers took advantage of the shutdown to launch the attack....

Joseph Namutukula, another resident says that despite holding several harmonization meetings between Balidawa and his sons, they have been reluctant to reform their criminal ways....

England fullback Freddie Steward is free to play after the red card he received against Ireland in Dublin at the weekend was rescinded....

Food producer reported a 7.4% increase in revenue in the 21 weeks to February 26, while input inflation jumped 14.7%...

The EFF's national shutdown was a political failure and, if anything, argues Peter Bruce, would end up strengthening the ANC and Cyril Ramaphosa's hand if it is ever repeated...

The party's failure to engage the public imagination with its grandiose 'national shutdown' is a blow to its leadership...

If SA can't beat Liberia, they don't deserve to play alongside Africa's best in Ivory Coast next year...

While there are hopes that a banking crisis will still be averted, this outlook is being tempered by uncertainty about the US central bank's decision on interest rates...

Minister says 'dumped' imports fell during investigation while market share of local applicant appeared to be rising...

Global temperatures have already risen 1.1C above industrial temperatures and are likely to reach 1.5C by 2040...

Natjoints says in addition 24,300 tyres were confiscated on Monday...

Public spaces in cities and towns were quiet, law enforcement was out in numbers and there were few incidents of criminality...

Zuma's legal team argues that issues raised must be heard and decided by the court hearing the criminal matter against the senior state advocate and the journalist...

Members of the SA National Editors' Forum turned their backs on ardent Jacob Zuma supporter, Carl Niehaus, when they protested against Zuma's private prosecution of News24 legal journalist, Karyn Maughan....

South Africa comes from 'a shameful history of the brutal system of colonialism and apartheid' and in response, its 'forebears waged a courageous struggle for freedom', Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola has said....

The fire that swept through my camp earlier this month shows how badly we need sustained support from the international community....

Mbarara District Veterinary Officer, Andrew Bakashaba, says that registered fifty cows infected by Rift Valley Fever in Rwanyamahembe Sub County on different farms. He, however, says that they are currently managing the situation through sensitization....

Hugo Broos announced his 23-man Bafana Bafana squad and left out Kaizer Chiefs players for the first time in the national team's history since readmission in 1992....

In recent months, vandals have wreaked havoc across the sub-counties of Lake Katwe, Kyalhumba Sub Counties, and others leading to an intermittent power supply....

Otimong's troubles started on October 6 last year when he was arrested on the orders of the Deputy Inspector General of Government, Anne Twinomugisha Muhairwe while in Fort Portal for a public hearing that was organized by the Inspectorate of Governme...

Jane Frances Ofungi, the Lira District Education Officer (DEO), says that in her district only half of the learners have been registered from both government and private schools because parents are reluctant to pay the registration fees under the belief t...

Pouyanne address on Tuesday coincided with the launch of the company's Sustainability & Climate 2023 Progress Report. The report outlines TotalEnergies progress in its transformation strategy and the update on its climate ambition....

Robert Koryang, a resident of Lotome trading center says that they are worried about going to their farm gardens which are far away from home because of threats from the cattle raiders....

The drive is being done jointly with support from development partners and civil society organizations including Favour of God Ministries and HashTag Gulu....

Goals from Richard Basangwa, Fahad Bayo, and Rogers Mato gave Micho's side a new rhythm a few days after the same team lost their first practice match 2-0 to Kitara Region select team....

Even if the billions pledged at an EU-hosted donor conference are delivered, they're only a fraction of what's needed....

It was a day of arguments in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg, where two applications relating to former president Jacob Zuma's private prosecution of advocate Billy Downer and News24 legal journalist Karyn Maughan were heard....

Police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe says the more than 550 people arrested during the EFF national shutdown face charges such as public violence, intimidation, damage to critical infrastructure, theft and attempted looting....

The record drought sweeping the Horn of Africa may lead to 135 deaths a day in Somalia between January and June this year, the health ministry, WHO and UNICEF said in a study....

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne's government on Monday narrowly survived the first - and more risky - of two no-confidence motions over its decision to bypass parliament and impose a controversial pension reform....

Investigation centres on a $130 000 payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels during Trump's 2016 campaign....

Russia says the ICC has knowingly accused an innocent person of a crime, in another show of defiance against the court....

Iraq on Monday marked 20 years since the start of the US-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein....

European Union election observers said on Monday at least 21 people were killed during Nigeria's regional elections, which were marked by intimidation, violence and a low turnout....

The UK government is set to push ahead with the UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership....

As the blackouts become overwhelming, desperation could take over...

Solutions to load-shedding are crucial to SA's agricultural outlook...

Global temperatures have already risen 1.1C above industrial temperatures and are likely to reach 1.5C by 2040 or sooner...

EFF supporters are expected to be addressed by their leaders in Church Square...

The metals processing company, which is grappling with load-shedding, has already lowered its guidance for the rest of its financial year...

Kgosientso Ramokgopa says the workers of Eskom will be the driving force behind ending load-shedding in SA...