Four people were killed and 120 others injured in an earthquake in northeastern Iran on Tuesday, officials said. Iran's state TV reported the magnitude 5.0 quake jolted the town of Kashmar, some 800 km (500 miles) east of the capital Tehran. Rescue teams have been deployed to the region, and three temporary camps have been set up, according t...

A deadly nationwide political crackdown in the East African nation is now in the past. But the return to international favour, and benefits like development assistance that come with it, has been slow. As always, everyday citizens feel it most. According to United Nations figures, it's never been easy in landlocked Burundi, which at times has been ...

 The late Malawian Vice President will be buried on Monday in his home district of Ntcheu 180km south of Lilongwe. The 51-year-old Saulos Chilima and 8 other individuals including the ex-wife of the former Malawian President died when a twin-propeller aircraft went down in a hilly, forested area in bad weather. A state service was conducted on...

 The shores of Lake Victoria in Kisumu City bustle with fishermen selling their catch. There's been a surge of demand for one particular fish - Nile perch. These will fetch high prices at the market here. But it's not the flesh that buyers are after - it's their swim bladders, dubbed "mondo" or "maw". These vital organs, essential for buoyancy...

 South African lawmakers were beginning to be sworn in on Friday (Jun. 14) in Cape Town. The chief justice Raymond Zondo oversaw the first part of the parliamentary session, during which lawmakers took the oath of office. In the second part of the session, parliamentrians elect the president and vice president. Cyril Ramaphosa is seeking a sec...

 A boat carrying more than 270 passengers has capsized on a river near Congo's capital of Kinshasa, leaving more than 80 dead, President Félix Tshisekedi said Wednesday. It was the latest deadly boat accident in the central African country where overloading is often blamed, including in February when dozens lost their lives after an overloaded...

 The Malawi government said Wednesday that Vice President Saulos Chilima will be honored with a state funeral after he died in a plane crash along with eight other people. President Lazarus Chakwera had already announced 21 days of national mourning on Tuesday, when the wreckage of the small military plane carrying Chilima and a former first l...

Malawi's vice president, Saulos Chilima, was among 10 people killed when a small military plane crashed in a mountainous region in the north of the country, the president said Tuesday. President Lazarus Chakwera announced in a live address on state television that the wreckage of the plane had been located after a search of more than a day in thick...

Herdsman In Rwanda makes ends meet through Cow tourism. In 2021, amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ngabo embarked on a remarkable journey that would reshape his community's narrative and breathe new life into rural tourism. What began as a simple act of sharing photos of his cows on social media evolved into a thriving enterprise know...

 Haiti's newly selected prime minister, Garry Conille, was hospitalised late Saturday in the capital of Port-au-Prince just days after arriving in the country, the government said. It wasn't immediately known why Conille was hospitalised. The office of the prime minister said in a statement that Conille was feeling slightly unwell "following a...

 Nigeria's Federal Government has announced that it will acquire a maximum of 3.5 million power meters by the end of 2024 in a move to increase revenue collection in the West African state. The country's Ministry of Power, through its cabinet secretary Adebayo Adelabu, announced this, echoing the recent resolution by the government to purchase...

 Kenyan cobbler, Stephen Ochieng's life was changed forever following an accident a few years ago. He was standing in a crowd of people at a packed station, all trying to board a train to get home after work when he fell under the train. The damage to his legs was so severe they both had to be amputated. Now, a new 3D printing company, Prothea...

 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met with senior officials of the African National Congress on Thursday to decide how to go about forming a government after the party lost its 30-year grip on power and left a post-election deadlock. The party's National Executive Committee was meeting in Johannesburg to work through a split within the ...

 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Burkina Faso late on Tuesday (Jun. 4) as he continued his latest tour of Africa. It is his first visit to the west African nation. Burkina Faso's foreign minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traore hosted his Russian counterpart. In his opening remarks at talks with minister Traoré, Lavrov hailed rap...

Garry Conille was officially sworn in Monday (Jun. 3) as Haiti's new Prime minister. A short ceremony was held at the Prime Minister's office in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Conille took over from interim PM Patrick Boisvert. The 58-year-old who shares executive power with the Presidential Council, has called political factions to set aside their d...

 Official results confirmed Sunday (Jun. 2) that no party won a majority in South Africa's election as unprecedented coalition talks begin. 58.6% of voters cast a ballot in the parliamentary poll which saw the ANC win a little over 40%. According to Professor Patrick Bond, a political analyst from the University of Johannesburg, that leaves th...

 Dozens of women bring their empty jerry cans to the public fountain in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, to fetch drinking water for their families. But the wait at the fountain can last several hours. The city has been hit by a water shortage due to its adduction system reaching its limits as the city is growin...

Cairo's drum festival opened this week, bringing together around 40 folkloric troupes from around the world. The 11th International Festival for Drums and Traditional Arts kicked off in historic Cairo and will run until the end of the week. The event featured a Palestinian troupe as well as groups from various countries including Japan, China and I...

"Looking at you makes me happy, you really are a tonic for the spirit. Your individual style of dancing is so unique and beautiful, your musicality is out of this world and your personality really shines through. Love you, love you," Britain's Got Talent judge Bruno Tonioli told Ghanaian dancers Abigail and Afronita after their semi-final performan...

 Counting began after South Africans voted Wednesday in an election seen as their country's most important since apartheid ended 30 years ago. The election was held on one day and polls closed after 14 hours of voting at more than 23,000 stations across South Africa's nine provinces. Officials were gearing up for counting but the final results...