Africa

“The group had spent the night in prayers for a bereaved person when the incident happened,’’

Mr Masisi’s party, BDP, won the October 23 vote after securing 38 of the 57 seats in the National Assembly.

Minister of Justice Kamel Jamoussi will act as interim Defence Minister while Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Sabri Bachtobji will be the interim minister of foreign affairs.

The journalists apparently had to withhold a story about a love triangle involving him, finance minister Tito Mboweni and Lerato Habiba Makgatho.

Almost 12,000 people have been displaced due to flooding, which has particularly affected the north and east of Kenya.

The DA, the ruling African National Congress’s (ANC) main challenger, took 20 per cent of votes in elections earlier this year, down from 22 per cent during the previous elections in 2014 .

Botswana is home to almost a third of Africa’s elephants, around 130,000.

These vehicles could help prevent fatalities from roadside mines installed by the Boko Haram militant group, according to the diplomat.

The fishing boat capsized after water had filled in it through a hole that the fishermen did not notice, Mr Ndaki told a news conference

Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention put the death toll at 2,133 early October.

Citizens of the West African country fear that 81-year old President Alpha Conde, who has already served two terms (10 years), wants a third term

They were the first nationwide power cuts in around six months in South Africa which has become used to blackouts due to technical and financial problems at Eskom

Four of the injured workers on a rubber plantation of state-owned Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC) were rushed to the hospital early Tuesday with life-threatening wounds.

This is the second stabbing attack in Bizerte in less than a month.

Seven out of the 16 dead were women and children.

The weekly demonstrations have dropped in size from hundreds of thousands in the Spring to tens of thousands now, but are still a challenge for the authorities ahead of the December 12 vote.

Mr Mugabe died in Singapore aged 95 on September 6 this year and was declared a national hero.

The official says China is exemplary in areas such as modern agriculture and Africa should tap into China’s expertise for further development.

President Sahle-Work Zewde says the satellite will be launched with the support of Chinese government.

The demonstrations in the capital Algiers and several other cities follow a ruling by a prominent independent cleric this week.

Zimbabwe’s last currency, the Zimbabwe dollar, became moribund in 2009 following a spell of hyper-inflation and was replaced by a basket of multi-currencies which included the U.S. dollar

The cause of the fire disaster on Monday night is not yet known.