Africa

Elephants have killed five people in a surprise attack on farmers who were harvesting their crop in a village in Macomia district in northern Cabo Delgado province. The victims include two children and a woman. Others who managed to escape the elephant attacks returned later to find the crushed bodies …

Mozambican authorities decided to pay tribute to former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos, declaring five days of national mourning, a week after his death. The decision was taken on Wednesday night by the Council of Ministers which met in an extraordinary session. The mourning period started at midnight on …

Police in Ethiopia arrested the head of the Disaster Risk Management Commission, Mitiku Kassa, on suspicion of corruption, state-run television reported. The arrest follows a major investigation on a corruption case involving Mitiku and a non-governmental organization called Elshadai. Mr Kassa is accused of conspiring with the non-governmental organization, which …

Three people have been arrested after mysterious death of 21 young people at the end of June in an informal bar in East London, south-eastern South Africa, police said on Wednesday. The owner of the bar, aged 52, and two of his employees, aged 33 and 34, were detained for …

Authorities in Tanzania are investigating a mysterious illness in the south of the country that has killed three people, the BBC reported. In total 13 cases have been reported in Lindi region, with patients having symptoms similar to Ebola or Marburg. They have been experiencing fever, severe headaches, fatigue and …

“The Christian God is too slow. My gods are direct. These are the words of Kwaku Bonsam, a famous Ghanaian witch doctor, known for his comical statements. It is the AfriMag site that reports the information. Kwaku Bonsam again made a resounding statement on local radio. In an interview, the …

A French court sentenced Laurent Bucyibaruta, the man who planned one of the bloodiest episodes of the Rwandan genocide, to 20 years in prison. Laurent Bucyibaruta is the highest-ranking Rwandan to have faced trial in France over the 1994 massacres, in which an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus died. …

At least 20 people have been killed and dozens more abducted in multiple attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN has said. According to the UN, children and at least four patients who were burned alive at a religious clinic in North Kivu province. The UN mission in …

Police in Uganda have arrested 25 people following Monday’s demonstrations against high prices of food and fuel. Many of those who took part in the protests in the eastern district of Jinja – about 80km (50 miles) from the capital, Kampala – were motorcycle taxi riders commonly referred to as …

Angolan Attorney-General, Helder Pitta Gros, says a post mortem examination into the death of the former president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, has ruled out poisoning, local media reported. It comes after the late president’s daughter, Tchize dos Santos, requested an autopsy of her father’s corpse. She has spoken of a …