Africa

Larnaca (Cyprus)/Cairo: An EgyptAir plane flying from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus on Tuesday by a man with what...

Johannesburg: South Africa's anti-corruption watchdog may seek state funding to speed up its investigation into a growing scandal over President Jacob...

Dar Es Salaam: Tanzanian authorities have launched a national audit to find "ghost workers" and remove them from civil service payrolls under a...

Bamako: Unidentified gunmen attacked a hotel in Mali's capital Bamako on Monday that had been converted into a base for a European Union military...

Zanzibar: Tanzania's semi-autonomous Zanzibar archipelago went to the polls on Sunday amid tight security in a re-run of disputed elections that have...

Brazzaville: Voters went to the polls in Congo Republic on Sunday under a government-imposed communications blackout as long-time leader Denis Sassou...

Mogadhishu: Kenyan troops killed 34 Al Shabaab militants in two separate incidents on Saturday and Sunday in Somalia and two of its own soldiers were killed...

Nairobi: A male lion that strayed into rush hour traffic in the Kenyan capital on Friday injured one man before being captured and taken back to a reserve...

Maiduguri (Nigeria): Two female suicide bombers killed 22 people on Wednesday at a mosque outside the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the heart of...

Johannesburg: South Africa's Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by the government against a ruling that the state had made an error in letting...