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Last month, Somali pirates hijacked an oil tanker, the first commandeering of a vessel since 2012 (File Photo)

Somali pirates hijack Indian commercial ship with 11 on board

The vessel was en route Yemen from Dubai when it was hijacked on Saturday, and is being taken to Eyl in Puntland.

3 April 2017 2:45 PM IST

After years of devastating battles and a recent surge in attacks, the fear in Nigeria is that Boko Haram will simply decamp from the Sambisa forest enclave to other areas nearby. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Boko Haram kidnap 22 girls, women in northeast Nigeria

According to official, the attackers were loyal to the faction headed by Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, son of Boko Haram founder...

1 April 2017 11:36 AM IST

Gordhan was accused of illegally approving an early retirement package for a former tax official who continued to work on contract. (Photo: AP)

South Africa faces turmoil after firing of Indian-origin finance...

Gordhan was abruptly called back from London meetings that were meant to encourage investment in South Africa earlier...

31 March 2017 8:35 PM IST

The Nigerian national who was assualted by a mob on Monday (Photo: ANI)

Africans never mistreat foreigners, says Indian community in Nigeria

The Indians living in Nigeria have strongly condemned the attacks on Nigerians in Greater Noida.

31 March 2017 3:23 PM IST

Children were held at a primary school and tutored by Boko Haram in their extremist ideology, Human Rights Watch said. (Photo: AP)

Nigerian officials refuse to comment on Boko Haram's mass abduction of...

Nigeria's military in the past year has rescued thousands of Boko Haram captives while liberating towns and villages...

31 March 2017 10:53 AM IST

Van Breda, who is out on bail, has agreed not to contact witnesses, including his sister. (Photo: AP)

22-year-old South African man murders family with axe; arrested

His younger sister Marli, who was 16 at the time of the attack, had survived, despite a cut to her jugular vein and...

28 March 2017 1:46 PM IST

Kathrada spent 26 years and 3 months in prison, 18 of which were on Robben Island. (Photo: AFP)

Indian-origin South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada...

Kathrada was among those tried and jailed alongside Nelson Mandela in the Rivonia trial in 1964.

28 March 2017 10:49 AM IST

PfSPZ uses a live, immature form of the malaria parasite, called a sporozoite, to stimulate an immune reaction in humans.(Photo: Pixabay))

More than 150 died of malaria after heavy rains lash out Zimbabwe

Mberikunashe said 151 deaths and 89,261 malaria cases had been recorded in the past two months following heavy rains.

27 March 2017 6:23 PM IST

The four-day campaign in Africa by 190,000 vaccinators is part of the response to the discovery of three cases of polio in the insurgency-wracked state of Borno in northeast Nigeria last year. (Photo: AP)

116 million African children to get polio vaccines: WHO

Once a worldwide scourge, polio is still endemic in three countries - Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

24 March 2017 9:23 PM IST

Gunmen kill 17 in Nigeria market attack: police

Gunmen kill 17 in Nigeria market attack: police

The police said that this was the latest violence linked to grazing rights disputes.

21 March 2017 8:05 PM IST

Shekau denies Cameroons claims earlier this month that 60 of his men were killed and 5,000 people were rescued from captivity. (Photo: AP)

Boko Haram chief vows to establish caliphate in new video

A multinational force has been fighting Boko Haram extremists in the Lake Chad region amid one of Africa's largest...

21 March 2017 4:22 PM IST

The war on drought announced with a lot fanfare by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has failed to yield the desired results. (Photo: AP/Representational)

10 die in Kenya drought clash

Herders from the Borana and Samburu communities fought a gun battle.

21 March 2017 1:52 AM IST