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The plane was carrying more than 100 military personnel. (Photo: Twitter | @PressTV)World
257 killed after Algerian military plane crashes near Boufarik airport

Hundreds of ambulances and dozens of fire trucks with their sirens wailing rushed to the scene.

11 April 2018 2:17 PM IST

Madikizela-Mandela was married to Nelson Mandela from 1958 to 1996. Mandela, who died in 2013, was imprisoned throughout most of their marriage. (Photo: AP)World
S Africa mourns death of Mother of the Nation' Nelson Mandela's...

She succumbed peacefully in the early hours of Monday afternoon surrounded by her family and loved ones.'

3 April 2018 3:35 PM IST

Though the UN last month said Boko Haram was blocking aid supplies from reaching refugees, leaving thousands at risk of starvation, Shettima said the jihadists no longer posed a threat. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)World
Four teenage girls launch deadly suicide attack in Nigeria, 2 killed

The suspected Boko Haram attack took place late Friday in the northeast Borno state capital of Maiduguri.

1 April 2018 1:10 PM IST

Luggage belonging to the kidnapped girls remain in the dormitory in the Government Girls Science and Technical College Dapchi, Nigeria. Boko Haram militants have returned unknown number of the 110 girls abducted from their Nigeria boarding school a month ago with an ominous warning, witnesses said on Wednesday. (AP Photo | Jossy Ola)World
Freed out of pity: Boko Haram returns abducted Nigerian schoolgirls

'We did it out of pity. And don't ever put your daughters in school again,' Boko Haram extremists said after returning...

21 March 2018 6:50 PM IST

The president of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, resigned from the ceremonial position on Saturday, her lawyer said, amid accusations of financial impropriety that triggered a dispute between her and the prime minister. (Photo: AP)World
Mauritius prez denies accusations of financial impropriety, yet steps...

The president's lawyer Yousuf Mohamed told local Radio Plus that she had decided to resign to prevent a constitutional...

18 March 2018 6:11 PM IST

Central African Republic descended into chaos after mainly Muslim Seleka rebels ousted president Francois Bozize in 2013, provoking a spate of killing by Christian anti-balaka militias. (Photo: AFP/ Representational)World
In war-torn Central Africa, militia has already raped 300 women in...

The hospital at Bossangoa has treated 56 rape victims since September, up from 13 in the previous eight months, MSF...

9 March 2018 7:22 PM IST

Following the birth of Love and Prince, the doctors decided to wait for at least six months before conducting a surgery to separate them (Photo: AFP)World
Neurosurgeon in Kenya performs brain surgery on wrong patient,...

The hospital said the surgeon, 2 nurses and an anaesthetist, was suspended pending a probe into the operation 'on the...

3 March 2018 5:04 PM IST

On Monday night, terrified pupils fled the boarding school night when heavily armed fighters in military fatigues and turbans stormed the town, shouting Allahu Akbar. (Representational Image/ AFP)World
Nigerian govt confirms 110 girls missing after Boko Haram school...

The kidnapping has raised questions about the military's repeated claims that the Islamist terrorists are on the verge...

26 Feb 2018 5:13 PM IST

A number of Algerian and French nationals entered the largely ISIS-controlled district of Darzab in northern Jowzjan province in November. (Photo: Representational)World
ISIS-linked Indian-origin duo kidnap British couple, arrested

Fatima Patel and her partner also face charges of robbery and theft after they went on a spending spree using the...

26 Feb 2018 10:11 AM IST

A 16-year-old student of FIITJEE Institute at Madhapur went missing from college on Saturday. (Representational Image)World
Boko Haram school attack: More than 100 girls are missing, possibly...

Parents in Dapchi, in Yobe state, said had they set up a support group after Monday's raid.

24 Feb 2018 5:25 PM IST

What began as a power struggle between Kiir and former vice-president Riek Machar has fractured into an estimated 40 armed groups across the country, with many fighting each other. (Photo: AP)World
Gang-rapes, beheadings, castrations, eye gouging: S Sudan after 5 yrs...

Untold tens of thousands have been killed in South Sudan since the conflict erupted in December 2013.

23 Feb 2018 6:22 PM IST

The 65-year-old leader was elected as the new President of the African National Congress two months ago. (Photo: AP)World
Cyril Ramaphosa sworn in as new South African prez after Zuma's...

Ramaphosa was elected unopposed in the National Assembly Thursday afternoon.

15 Feb 2018 6:38 PM IST

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