Africa

Ugandan army captures head of ISIS-linked militia accused of tourist murders Uganda says it has captured the leader of an ISIS-linked militia unit it blames for killing two foreign tourists and their local guide in a national park last month,…

A number of pilgrims from the Republic of South Africa expressed their happiness to visit the holy shrines of Imam Hussein and his brother Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas, peace be upon them, in Holy Karbala, confirming that a large number of…

The South African parliament has passed a significant education bill mandating that parents ensure their children attend school or face a jail term. In South Africa where 8 out of 10 South African school children struggle with reading by the…

A total of 1,457 migrants had reached the Spanish islands off the western African coast between Friday night and Sunday morning, France 24 reported on Monday, October 23. An emergency services spokesman said all of the arrivals hailed from sub-Saharan…

Four people were killed and many others were injured in a stampede on Friday during National Heroes’ Day celebrations on Mashujaa Day in the western Kenyan city of Kericho, police said. The incident occurred at around 03:00 local time when…

Burkina Faso’s health ministry has declared a dengue fever epidemic amid the deadliest outbreak in years in which more than 200 people have died and new cases are rising sharply. There have been 50,478 suspected cases and 214 deaths of…

At least 49 people were killed and 120 others are missing after a boat capsized Saturday in Mbandaka city on the Congo River in northwest Equateur Province, Anadolu Agency reported. “The boat was traveling to Bolomba when it tipped over…

Hundreds of Kenyan Muslims marched on the country’s Supreme Court Friday in protest against a recent decision upholding the right of LGBTQ groups to associate and form non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Deutsche Welle reported on Saturday, October 7. Angered Muslims carrying…

A suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday at a tea shop in Somalia’s capital, killing at least seven people, Al Jazeera reported. The Sunni-extremist al-Shabab terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on its Arabic media…

Security forces have rescued 14 of at least 20 students abducted from a university in northwestern Nigeria and are searching for the remaining captives, school authorities say. Gunmen attacked the school in Zamfara state’s Bungudu district last week and fled…