Africa Travel News

Many of those fleeing are reported to be unaccompanied children, and some people have drowned trying cross a river into Republic of Congo. The UN says at least 100 people have been killed in clashes between Lobala and Boba people...

Indian women peacekeepers are an inspiration for young Liberian girls to join the West African nation's law enforcement agencies, a top UN official said here. "The inspiration you have provided to Liberian girls and women will be among the many...

Darfur refugees (archives)   Photo: AP MK Danon. Trying to come up with solution   Photo: Gil Yohanan As world marks Universal Children's Day, 30 teens who escaped from Darfur to Israel on their own imprisoned. 'I'm not a criminal,'...

Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Two Rwandan rebel leaders accused of committing crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been apprehended, the United Nations said. The United Nations said in a release Thursday...

Heavy rain has been reported in Midrand, Sandton and on the East Rand. Motorists were urged to drive with their headlights on and to maintain a safe following distance. Emergency service's Nana Radebe said, "People living close to rivers must...

The mission’s headquarters are near the airport, and it has been aiding a German-funded project to clear lava rock that reduced the length of the runway when the Mt. Nyiragongo volcano erupted in 2002, spewing lava over the a third...

ER24 spokesperson Derrick Banks said the accident occurred around 9pm on Thursday at New Greytown road. "Three people were treated for serious injuries and five for minor to moderate injuries." Banks said the patients were stabilised on the scene before...

Sierra Leone, trying to rebuild an economy shattered by a decade-long civil war, is confident neighboring Guinea can avert collapse and will not destabilize the fragile West African region, a senior minister said. In an interview with Reuters Insider TV,...