Category: Africa

Source: BBC  South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked his powerful and long-serving spy chief Gen Akol Koor Kuc. He became head of the feared

Source: BBC  Dozens of people are feared dead after a boat capsized in north-central Nigeria. The boat was ferrying more than 300 passengers on the

Source: BBC Rwandan authorities have restricted funeral sizes for victims of Marburg virus in an effort to curb an outbreak of the highly contagious disease.

Source: BBC Three men in Benin, including a former minister and the man in charge of President Patrice Talon’s security, have been arrested on suspicion

Source: BBC At least 30 decomposing bodies have been found on a boat off the coast of Senegal, military authorities say. The navy was informed

Source: BBC  Rescuers in Sierra Leone are continuing to search for more survivors after a seven-storey building collapsed in the capital Freetown, killing at least

Source: BBC Gunfire has been heard in Mali’s capital, Bamako, leading to reports that at least one base housing security forces has come under attack.

Source: Reuters At least 48 people were killed on Sunday in a fuel tanker truck explosion following a collision with another vehicle in north-central Nigeria,

Source: BBC  Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by a former boyfriend, Ugandan officials say.