Africa

Three killed in central Mali roadside bomb blast

Posted 12:52 AM, 10 Apr, 2020

Chad army says 52 troops, 1,000 jihadists killed in offensive

Posted 08:01 PM, 9 Apr, 2020

Chinese virus medics arrive in Nigeria despite protest

Posted 02:04 AM, 9 Apr, 2020

Somalia reports first coronavirus death

Posted 11:25 PM, 8 Apr, 2020

South Africa's minister who flouted lockdown rules sent on leave

Posted 03:42 PM, 8 Apr, 2020

Jihadists stage series of fresh attacks in northern Mozambique

Posted 01:28 AM, 8 Apr, 2020

US strike in Somalia kills Shabaab 'senior leader': Pentagon

Posted 07:57 PM, 7 Apr, 2020

20 Mali soldiers killed in jihadist attack

Posted 03:22 PM, 6 Apr, 2020

‘Better die of coronavirus than starve’: Angolans defy lockdown

Posted 08:57 PM, 5 Apr, 2020

South Africa rolls out mobile testing in virus lockdown

Posted 01:37 AM, 5 Apr, 2020

Tunisian parliament grants PM special powers to fight pandemic

Posted 01:20 AM, 5 Apr, 2020

South Africa rolls out mobile testing in virus lockdown

Posted 11:26 AM, 4 Apr, 2020

Four soldiers, 63 ‘terrorists’ killed in Niger clash

Posted 02:27 AM, 4 Apr, 2020

Coronavirus: 'Worst yet to come' for countries in conflict, says UN chief

Posted 01:16 AM, 4 Apr, 2020

Kidnapped Mali opposition leader 'doing well' as release talks under way

Posted 11:08 PM, 3 Apr, 2020

Row after French scientists suggest virus vaccine trial in Africa

Posted 08:43 PM, 3 Apr, 2020

Nigerian man shot dead for flouting virus lockdown

Posted 02:15 PM, 3 Apr, 2020

Malawi announces first coronavirus cases

Posted 12:22 AM, 3 Apr, 2020

Senegal says hydroxychloroquine virus treatment is promising

Posted 07:37 PM, 2 Apr, 2020

Ethiopia defers landmark August vote due to coronavirus  

Posted 11:19 PM, 31 Mar, 2020

Hundreds of Tunisians protest virus lockdown

Posted 10:44 PM, 31 Mar, 2020

Tanzania records first death from coronavirus

Posted 03:53 PM, 31 Mar, 2020

Congo ex-president Yombi Opango dies of coronavirus in France

Posted 02:57 PM, 31 Mar, 2020

South African policeman arrested for murder amid virus lockdown

Posted 02:01 PM, 31 Mar, 2020

Zimbabwe begins coronavirus lockdown

Posted 02:43 PM, 30 Mar, 2020

Somali governor killed in Al-Shabaab suicide blast: official

Posted 12:54 PM, 30 Mar, 2020

Nigeria orders lockdown in Lagos, Abuja over virus

Posted 12:58 AM, 30 Mar, 2020

DR Congo security forces kill 31 attackers in Lubumbashi: NGO

Posted 12:19 AM, 30 Mar, 2020

Angola reports first two coronavirus deaths

Posted 11:20 PM, 29 Mar, 2020

Egypt shuts hospitals, isolates villages to slow virus

Posted 07:12 PM, 29 Mar, 2020

Five killed in jihadists' ambush in Nigeria

Posted 07:00 PM, 29 Mar, 2020

South African police fire rubber bullets at shoppers during lockdown

Posted 01:55 PM, 29 Mar, 2020

Mali records first coronavirus death hours before election

Posted 01:43 PM, 29 Mar, 2020

French judge frees Chad rebel chief charged with crimes against humanity

Posted 02:14 AM, 29 Mar, 2020

DR Congo army kills eastern rebel chief

Posted 01:17 AM, 28 Mar, 2020

Warring sides in Yemen back calls for coronavirus ceasefire

Posted 02:15 AM, 27 Mar, 2020