Death toll in S Sudan fuel truck blast hits182
Juba — The death toll in South Sudan from the explosion of a fuel truck this week has risen to 182, a regional official said yesterday. The blast occurred on Wednesday…
Death toll in S Sudan fuel truck blast hits182
Juba — The death toll in South Sudan from the explosion of a fuel truck this week has risen to 182, a regional official said yesterday. The blast occurred on Wednesday…
Taliban storms Pakistan airbase
Fighters belonging to the Pakistani Taliban have stormed an air force station near Peshawar in Pakistan’s northwest, resulting in a firefight with security forces and the deaths of at least…
Taliban storms Pakistan airbase
Fighters belonging to the Pakistani Taliban have stormed an air force station near Peshawar in Pakistan’s northwest, resulting in a firefight with security forces and the deaths of at least…
Shabaab retakes town in Somalia after African forces quit
Nairobi — Islamist militant group al-Shabaab has retaken another town in Somalia from African troops, adding to a string of settlements it has seized this month, the group and an…
Shabaab retakes town in Somalia after African forces quit
Nairobi — Islamist militant group al-Shabaab has retaken another town in Somalia from African troops, adding to a string of settlements it has seized this month, the group and an…
1.4 million children displaced by Boko Haram
Abuja — The number of children forced to flee Boko Haram’s insurgency in Nigeria and neighbouring countries has reached 1.4 million, the UN children agency, Unicef, said yesterday. Around 500,000 were…
1.4 million children displaced by Boko Haram
Abuja — The number of children forced to flee Boko Haram’s insurgency in Nigeria and neighbouring countries has reached 1.4 million, the UN children agency, Unicef, said yesterday. Around 500,000 were…
Kenya orders all schools to close over teacher strike
Nairobi — Kenya’s education ministry ordered all schools to shut yesterday because of a three-week teachers’ strike over pay in the east African country. The Supreme Court ruled in August that…
Kenya orders all schools to close over teacher strike
Nairobi — Kenya’s education ministry ordered all schools to shut yesterday because of a three-week teachers’ strike over pay in the east African country. The Supreme Court ruled in August that…


