Kenya bids to become first African nation to host World Athletics Championships/in /by
Kenya Bids to Become First African Nation to Host World Athletics Championships
Moment Cali hospital collapses after powerful Colombia earthquake/in /by
A 7.4 quake in Colombia partially collapsed the Hospital Universitario del Valle in Cali on Monday, forcing patients outside as rescuers search for hundreds feared trapped.
Europe scrambles for eclipse glasses as solar power output set to dip/in /by
Shops and opticians across Europe are running short of certified eclipse glasses ahead of Wednesday’s total solar eclipse, with queues forming in Paris, London and Brussels as demand surges.
US Senate votes to extend AGOA trade programme for 32 African nations/in /by
The United States Senate has approved a two-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, maintaining duty-free access on more than 1,800 products from eligible countries.
At least 14 artisanal miners killed after illegal mine collapses/in /by
At least 14 artisanal miners were killed and eight others injured when the walls of an illegal mine collapsed in on them, South African police said on Tuesday.
Libya oil company says blazes contained after drone attacks on complex/in /by
A major gasoline reservoir in Libya's Zawiya, west of Tripoli, caught fire and collapsed on Monday after what authorities said was an attack by unknown perpetrators.
At least 18 killed in Egypt truck crash, many children/in /by
At least 18 people, many of them children aged 13 to 14, were killed on Tuesday in northern Egypt when two pick-up trucks carrying agricultural day labourers crashed, a local medical source told AFP.
Namibia: Namibia Oil Conference Targets Young Professionals/in /by
[Namibian] The Namibia Oil and Gas Conference will partner with the Namibia Youth Energy Forum (NYEF) to educate young professionals on opportunities in the energy sector.
Syrians celebrate landmark verdict as court sentences Bashar Assad to death in absentia/in /by
Bashar and Maher Assad remain in Russia after fleeing Syria following the collapse of their government. Syria's new authorities have called on Moscow to extradite them to face justice.
DR Congo Ebola death toll surpasses 2,000 as scientists trace likely origin/in /by
Adding to scientists' understanding of the crisis, a new study has found that the outbreak was most likely triggered by a new spillover of the virus from animals to humans, rather than continued transmission from a previous Ebola outbreak.