Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 16:27
African countries met to raise cash for peacekeeping mission in the strife-torn Central African Republic amid warnings the violence there could tear the country apart and destabilise the region.
Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 15:16
A South African woman has been arrested at IGI airport here for allegedly trying to smuggle out of the country a party drug worth about Rs 13 crore in the international market.
Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 02:54
The 22nd African Union Summit concluded in the Ethiopian capital city.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 19:44
Rudimentary weapons taken from Christian extremist militias by French troops in the capital of the Central African Republic were piled up on the ground, near the body of a young man whose ears were ripped off.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 07:48
The UN Security Council has unanimously authorised the deployment of a European Union force to the Central African Republic to bolster French and African troops who are trying to quell sectarian violence that the United Nations has warned could escalate into genocide.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 05:00
Zimbabwe`s ruling party aims to raise up to USD 1 million for country`s President Robert Mugabe`s birthday party who will turn 90 next month.
Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 21:10
A US missile strike in southern Somalia on Sunday killed a senior al Shebaab commander who had masterminded suicide attacks by the al Qaeda-linked militant group, two Somali security officials said.
Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 03:05
At least eight people were killed in mob violence in Central African Republic`s capital Bangui on Sunday as senior officers from the Seleka rebel movement fled the city, according to the country`s Red Cross and a rights group.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 19:06
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Sunday condemned the recent escalation of violence in the Central African Republic and the reported mass murder of civilians.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 18:48
The Central African Republic`s new prime minister said Sunday his priority will be stopping the massacres and other atrocities that have shaken the country for months.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 02:28
Central African Republic`s new interim President Catherine Samba-Panza has named Andre Nzapayeke, a former official of the African Development Bank, as prime minister, state radio said on Saturday.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 00:36
Officials in Central African Republic say a Christian militia has killed a former government health minister who had supported last year`s rebellion by Muslim fighters.
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