Five inmates were killed in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday after gunfire broke out between security forces and some prisoners who had acquired weapons and were trying to escape, state media and residents said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was still not clear whether Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif and his Deputy were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza on Saturday but he vowed to pursue Israel’s war aims to the end.
United Nations (UN) peacekeepers are unlikely to proceed with an agreed withdrawal from Congo’s conflict-torn North Kivu for as long as Rwandan troops remain in the eastern province, the Congolese foreign minister said on Saturday.
In a vibrant and colorful event at Gahanga in Kigali, Rwanda, the ruling Rwanda Patriotic Front held its final victory rally as the nation heads to the polls on Monday.
About 200 families have been left homeless after their informal dwellings were destroyed in a fire at Springfield in Durban, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa.
The United Nations mission in Libya (UNSMIL) called on Saturday for the immediate release of a journalist detained in Tripoli two days ago, adding all media workers should be kept safe.
The Chief Executive Officer of Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital Dr Nkuli Boikhutso says more should be done to protect and address children’s issues in South Africa.
An Israeli airstrike targeted Hamas' military Chief Mohammed Deif in Gaza on Saturday, a security official and Israel Army Radio said, in an attack that the enclave's Health Ministry said had killed at least 71 Palestinians.
For Mariama Jarjou, taking her two daughters to a traditional circumciser when they were 5 and 4 was an act of love , a painful but important ritual that would give them status in their village and make them eligible for marriage.