Africa

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror of extracting their bodies from deep…

Tanzania on Thursday denied reports of a suspected outbreak of the deadly Marburg disease in the northwest of the country. The World Health Organization on Tuesday said nine possible cases were reported last week in the remote Kagera…

UAE and Kenya have entered into a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) designed to bolster trade and investment between the two countries. This paradigm shift marks the UAE's inaugural bilateral trade agreement with an…

Sugar producer Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe plans to lay off 1,000 employees by August this year, a company official said, as it seeks to cut costs and survive the country's currency turmoil and inflationary pressures. The company, one of…

The ruling party in the Comoros won decisively in parliamentary elections this week, the electoral commission said, but opposition parties either boycotted the vote or rejected the results, claiming fraud. The Independent National…

The UN Support Mission in Libya says it is alarmed by what it called '‘disturbing footage circulating on social media'', believed to show the torture of detainees at the Gernada prison in eastern Libya. The facility is run by military…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised concerns about a potential new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in north-western Tanzania, reporting that at least eight people have died so far. According to the WHO, nine…

Three Chinese citizens were sentenced to 7 years in prison and ordered to pay $600,000 in fines for illegally exploiting mineral resources in Congo, according to court filings. The ruling marks the first time foreign mineral brokers have…

Rwanda announced says its has discovery, first oil  confirming 13 reservoirs in Lake Kivu, which borders the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). “We have oil,” said Francis Kamanzi, CEO of the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board,…

Rescuers at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have recovered at least 60 bodies, as they press ahead with their operation. More than 90 survivors have been pulled out as of Tuesday evening, according to authorities. Hundreds more…