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Narendra Modi and Tanzania President John Magufuliwi witness signing of an agreement in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. (Photo: AP)

India extends USD 92 million Line of Credit to Tanzania

Prime Minister said the two countries are also working on a number of other water projects for 17 cities in Tanzania.

10 July 2016 10:37 AM GMT

Liberia, a country in West Africa, that is yet to recover from the civil strife that ended 14-years ago, is faced with a new dilemma, as increasing number of girls between the age group of 11-12 are taking up sex work for survival. (Photo: AP)

Liberia: Child prostitutes sleep in graveyards to keep themselves

The practice of paid underage sex is a sad carryover of the civil strife, when young girls became girlfriends' of...

10 July 2016 7:51 AM GMT

At least 17,000 have been killed since Boko Haram launched an insurgency in 2009 to carve out an Islamic state in northeast Nigeria. (Photo: AP)

16 Boko Haram fighters, 2 soldiers dead in Nigeria shootout

Two soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber drove into a truck and exploded.

10 July 2016 2:32 AM GMT

Modi being welcomed at Tanzania (Photo: Twitter)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Tanzania; focus on economic...

At Tanzania, he will be meeting 'Solar Mamas', a group of rural women solar engineers who have been trained by India.

10 July 2016 2:22 AM GMT

First Vice President Riek Machar (L) delivers a speech to journalists next to South Sudan President Salva Kiir (C) and Vice President James Wani Igga (R) prior to the shooting outside the presidential palace in Juba on July 8, 2016. (Photo: AFP)

Over 150 killed in South Sudan fighting

The violence came on the eve of the country's fifth anniversary of independence.

9 July 2016 3:42 PM GMT

Ban on child marriage as from today, says Gambias President

Ban on child marriage 'as from today,' says Gambia's President

He said the decision to ban child and forced marriage must be tabled before the National Assembly.

9 July 2016 2:05 PM GMT

Modi, in a wood-paneled car with local officials, moved ahead under heavy security from Pentrich railway station to Pietermaritzburg in Durban. (Photo: Twitter)

Modi takes Gandhi's train in South Africa to end 3-day 'tirth yatra'

On same train to Pietermaritzburg, Modi tells reporters Gandhi, Mandela would continue to inspire future generations.

9 July 2016 10:41 AM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of Mandela-Gandhi exhibition during his visit to Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg. (Photo: AP)

Modi visits Mandela Foundation, interacts with heroes of South African...

He also inaugurated a special exhibition at the prison in Constitutional Hill where Gandhi and Mandela were holed up.

9 July 2016 2:53 AM GMT

Narendra Modi pays homage over a bust of Mahatma Gandhi on a visit to Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg on Friday where he opened the Mandela Gandhi exhibition. (Photo: PTI)

South Africa a place where 'Mohandas' became 'Mahatma': Narendra Modi

Addressing the Indian diaspora, Modi said generations of Indians fought, suffered and sacrificed so that SA could...

9 July 2016 2:49 AM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma in Pretoria on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

South Africa too supports India's bid for NSG seat

The two countries also agreed to bolster defence and security cooperation and vowed to cooperate actively in dealing...

8 July 2016 7:40 PM GMT

On June 27, two would-be suicide bombers were killed in Maiduguri, as they tried to target an overnight Ramadan vigil at a mosque on the Damboa Road. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Six killed in 'Boko Haram' suicide attack in NE Nigeria, says army

The attack is the latest against a mosque in northeast Nigeria and the wider Lake Chad region.

8 July 2016 12:41 PM GMT

Oscar Pistorius and other relatives have been threatened in an extortion attempt, ahead of the former track stars sentencing on July 6 for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, Pistorius family said on Monday. (Photo: AFP)

Disgraced Oscar Pistorius serving six-year sentence in single room...

Pistorius is serving a six-year sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.

8 July 2016 10:30 AM GMT