3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (604+ words) At least 24 people, all schoolchildren, have died and 29 others have been injured after a fire tore through a densely populated neighbourhood in Bukavu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on Thursday morning. The blaze began in a home in Cimpunda, in…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (99+ words) More about laboratory africanews.com Please select your experience Eyewitnessess describe moments before deadly Kenya helicopter crash Algerian police seize 33 kg of cocaine in major drug bust China-Africa media cooperation: Building skills for the AI era French presidential hopeful Philippe…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (492+ words) A fire and stampede at a school in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 26 children, the UN children's agency said on Friday, with some pupils leaping from windows on high floors to escape the carnage. The blaze…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (136+ words) said Friday. Gayton McKenzie, South Africa's sports, arts and culture minister, said the 38-year-old...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (352+ words) Wails filled the streets of Kenscoff on Monday as residents searched for loved ones following a deadly gang attack on the farming community in the hills above Haiti’s capital. Armed men raided the area late Sunday, setting homes on fire…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (352+ words) Wails filled the streets of Kenscoff on Monday as residents searched for loved ones following a deadly gang attack on the farming community in the hills above Haiti’s capital. Armed men raided the area late Sunday, setting homes on fire…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (135+ words) Four suspects in the killing of former world champion boxer Zolani Tete were arrested, South African police said Monday. Tete was in his car outside his home last week when men wearing balaclavas opened fire, police said. A woman who…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (216+ words) Egyptian television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 other people have been sentenced to death after being convicted of drug trafficking and other offences, state-owned Al-Ahram reported. Khalifa, 39, was accused of being part of a criminal group that imported raw materials for…...

2+ week, 33+ min ago   (334+ words) Hundreds of mourners gathered at a church near Haiti’s capital on Sunday to bury victims of a brutal gang attack that killed at least 47 people and left more than 50 others kidnapped. The killings have renewed fears that worsening violence is…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (314+ words) A Tanzanian court on Friday ruled that the treason trial of opposition leader Tundu Lissu will go ahead after finding that he has a case to answer. Lissu, head of the opposition Chadema party, was detained in April 2025 and charged…...