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Panamas President Juan Carlos Varela (Photo: AP)

Panama Papers showed vulnerability of whole system: Panama president

Panama has come under intense international pressure to open its financial sector to greater transparency or risk being...

4 May 2016 3:08 AM GMT

Residents near the northern town of Mora said at least five other suicide bombers have died in the last several days. (Representational Image, Photo: Pixabay)

Woman suicide bomber killed with poisoned arrow in Cameroon

Residents shot the poisoned arrow at the bomber after she failed to stop as demanded.

3 May 2016 3:12 PM GMT

Around one in five babies are dying during childbirth in northeast Nigeria, where the Islamist group has waged a six-year insurgency, yet the survival rate of pregnancies delivered in IDP camps in the region is almost 100 percent, Saraki said. v

Invest in 'army of midwives' to cut stillbirths, maternal deaths in...

After Pakistan, Nigeria has one of the highest stillbirth rates in the world - one in every 23 pregnancies.

3 May 2016 2:31 PM GMT

Nairobi police chief Japheth Koome called it a â€œmiracleâ€and said the emergency services were continuing their rescue efforts. (Photo: AP)

Baby girl pulled out alive 3 days after Kenya building collapse

She had been there for 80 hours since the building, which was home to 150 families crammed into single rooms, collapsed...

3 May 2016 9:53 AM GMT

A ranger from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) stands guard as pyres of ivory are set on fire in Nairobi National Park. (Photo: AP)

Kenya torches world's biggest ivory bonfire to save elephants

The bonfires are the largest-ever torching of ivory, containing 105 tonnes from thousands of dead elephants.

1 May 2016 3:08 AM GMT

Africa is home to between 450,000 to 500,000 elephants, but more than 30,000 are killed every year on the continent to satisfy demand for ivory in Asia. (Photo: AP)

Kenya torches world's biggest ivory bonfire to save elephants

The historic bonfires will be the largest-ever torching of ivory, involving 105 tonnes from thousands of dead

30 April 2016 8:46 AM GMT

South African President Jacob Zuma. (Photo: AFP)

S. Africa court rules Jacob Zuma should face almost 800 graft charges

The charges, relating to a multi-billion dollar arms deal, were dropped by the chief state prosecutor in 2009.

29 April 2016 1:17 PM GMT

Investigators have alleged that Pistorius changed her top as the gunshots wounds did not match up with the top she was wearing. (Photo: AP)

Pistorius dressed up Steenkamp's corpse after shooting her: report

The footage captured by a CCTV camera shows Steenkamp dressed in a different top before entering Pistorius's house.

23 April 2016 8:00 AM GMT