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Human rights advocates believe others could be among the young girls who have been used to carry out suicide bombing attacks. (Photo: AP)

83 Chibok schoolgirls taken by Boko Haram freed after 3 years:...

A Nigerian military official, part of the rescue operation, said the 83 girls were found near the town of Banki in Borno...

7 May 2017 8:07 AM IST

The accident happened when the bus was descending on a steep hill in rainy conditions. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Tanzania: 32 school students, 2 teachers killed after minibus falls...

More than 11,000 people were killed in road accidents in Tanzania between 2014 and 2016, according to government data.

6 May 2017 8:32 PM IST

The Boko Haram extremist group, which has ties to the Islamic State group, has increasingly used girls and young women to carry out attacks on marketplaces, checkpoints and other targets. (Photo: AP)

5 dead after women suicide bombers attack in Nigeria

Some young women who escaped Boko Haram have said girls are drugged and forced to carry out suicide missions.

5 May 2017 8:32 PM IST

Egypt: ISIS chief tells Muslims to avoid govt places, Christian gatherings

Egypt: ISIS chief tells Muslims to avoid govt places, Christian...

ISIS is increasingly targeting religious minorities, challenging President al-Sisi, who promised to protect them from...

5 May 2017 3:14 PM IST

Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji. (Photo: Gen Mohamed Adanâ€/Twitte

Mistaken identity: Somalia minister thought to be militant, shot by...

An official said security forces on patrol saw a car blocking the street and believing it was being driven by militants,...

4 May 2017 1:12 PM IST

Qasim al-Rimi (above) succeeded Nasir al-Wuhayshi, who was killed in a US drone strike nearly two years ago. (Photo: Twitter)

Yemen: Al-Qaeda chief claims group fought alongside US-backed forces

Qasim al-Rimi leads the group considered by Washington to be the most dangerous offshoot of the global terror network.

1 May 2017 8:46 PM IST

Tanzanian President John Magufuli said that the posts would be filled by qualified persons as soon as possible and called on local media to publish the names of those fired.

Tanzanian president Magufuli fires 10,000 civil servants over 'fake...

A government investigation started last October, found that 9,932 people had faked their secondary school...

28 April 2017 9:23 PM IST

John Bruno, 5, of Warrington, Pa. died Saturday after being accidentallPolice initially thought the child had collapsed from cardiac arrest while playing with the 18-month-old hound. (Representational Image)y strangled by the family dog, according to a report. (Photo: GoFundMe.com)

Indian-origin father strangles 7-yr-old son to death in South Africa

The 29-year-old man, who could not be named under South Africa's child protection laws, is expected to appear in the...

28 April 2017 10:27 AM IST

Uganda currently hosts more than 832,000 refugees from South Sudan, including over 270,000 in the Bidibidi refugee camp which in eight months has gone from an empty patch of land to the worlds biggest refugee camp. (Photo: Representational/AP)

New South Sudan fighting displaces 25,000 people

According to a UN official, the fighting has caused a reduction in humanitarian services.

27 April 2017 10:16 AM IST

RFM says the injured were treated at a health outpost that had only a nurse and midwife. (FIle Photo)

20 dead after boat capsizes in Senegal: firefighters

A traditional wooden boat overturned near the coastal town of Bettenty on Monday night.

25 April 2017 3:50 PM IST

(Photo: AP/Representational)

Kenya: Bus, truck collision in Mombasa kills at least 26

A senior official said the bus, heading to Mombasa, was overtaking several vehicles when it collided with an oil tanker.

25 April 2017 11:39 AM IST

The piece by controversial artist Ayanda Mabulu shows Zuma seated on a red chair, penetrating a crying Mandela.

Zuma, Mandela rape painting stirs outrage in Sout Africa

The African National Congress and the Nelson Mandela Foundation have condemned the colourful artwork titled: -"The...

21 April 2017 9:11 PM IST