Torrential rains have killed more than 100 people across southern Africa, forcing mass evacuations and rescue operations as authorities warn that more destructive weather may still be to come. Weeks of heavy rainfall have battered South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe,…

United States (US) president Donald Trump says Washington is “locked and loaded” to respond if Iran kills more protesters, after cost-of-living demonstrations in the country turned deadly. Protesters and security forces clashed in several Iranian cities on Thursday, resulting in…

A special tribunal in Bangladesh has sentenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death after a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year. The International Crimes Tribunal in capital Dhaka,…

A Palestinian man who says he left Gaza through a shadowy organisation that has landed 153 people in South Africa without documentation has described the process set up to encourage more Palestinians to leave the devastated enclave. The man, whose…

Palestinians, especially those in the Gaza Strip, must be wary of networks that seek to remove them from their homes in line with Israeli interests, the Palestinian Authority’s ministry of foreign affairs has warned. The warning came a day after…

Representatives from the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group have signed a peace deal in Qatar with the ultimate goal of putting an end to years of fighting. Qatar and the United…

Ethiopia has confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, after nine cases were reported in the south of the country. World Health Organisation (WHO) director general Tedros Ghebreyesus on Friday commended the Ethiopian health ministry and other health agencies…

Fiona Kelliher Last week’s Tanzania elections failed to comply with democratic standards, says the African Union (AU), adding to mounting international pressure on president Samia Hassan’s administration over the deadly vote. The AU’s election monitoring arm – which sent a…

Hurricane Melissa is finally leaving the Caribbean after battering communities in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba for days, leaving a trail of devastation that killed about 50 people. The hurricane smashed into Jamaica with enormous force on Tuesday as a category…

Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan has been declared the winner of the country’s disputed presidential election with nearly 98 percent of the vote, after leading rivals were excluded from the race. The final result announced by the electoral commission on…

Polls have opened in Tanzania for presidential and parliamentary elections being held without the leading opposition party, as the government has been violently cracking down on dissent ahead of the vote. More than 37 million registered voters will cast their…