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US President Donald Trump, in a tweet, confirmed the news of Endicotts released. (Photo: Facebook)

US guide abducted in Uganda returned safely after ransom paid

Mike Walker, manager of Wild Frontiers Safaris, said US tourist Kimberly Endicott and experienced guide Jean-Paul...

8 April 2019 9:29 AM IST

Dangote said he regretted the customs and administrative problems that hamper business development throughout the continent. (Photo:AP)

Richest man in Africa withdrew USD 10 million just to look at it

'When you're young your first million is important, but after, the numbers don't mean much,' Dangote, a manufacturing...

7 April 2019 8:26 AM IST

In all three countries, survivors have been digging through rubble to search for victims, and scrambling for shelter. (Photo:AP)

More floods likely as death toll rises to over 700 in Africa, says UN

Mozambique reported scores more deaths on Saturday from a cyclone and floods around southern Africa that have killed at...

24 March 2019 12:17 PM IST

Cyclone Idai smashed into the coast of central Mozambique on Friday last week. (Photo:AP)

Mozambique cyclone death toll climbs to 417: Government

The death toll in Mozambique has climbed to 417 after a cyclone devastated swathes of the southern African country.

23 March 2019 5:19 PM IST

$\At least 60 people have been confirmed dead,\ Police commander said. (Representational Image/AP)$ World

At least 60 killed in Ghana bus collision: Police

Police commander Joseph Antwi Gyawu said the crash happened at about 2:00 am (local time) in the Bono East region.

22 March 2019 5:12 PM IST

Five days after tropical cyclone Idai cut a swathe through Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. (Photo:AP)

Problems amount as aid agencies struggle to rescue Mozambique cyclone...

Aid workers raced on Wednesday to help survivors and meet spiralling humanitarian needs in three southern African...

21 March 2019 12:16 PM IST

The UN, meanwhile, said that one of the worst storms to hit southern Africa in decades had also unleashed a humanitarian crisis in Malawi. (Photo:AP)

Mozambique, Zimbabwe cyclone deaths exceed 300 as UN boosts aid

The death toll from a cyclone in Mozambique and Zimbabwe rose to more than 300 as rescuers raced against the clock to...

20 March 2019 11:31 AM IST

An aerial view of flooding in Beira, Mozambique. The Red Cross says that as much as 90 per cent of Mozambiques central port city of Beira has been damaged or destroyed by tropical Cyclone Idai. (Photo: AP)AP

1,000 killed in monster cyclone in Mozambique

Emma Beaty, coordinator of a grouping of NGOs known as Cosaco, warned of the peril from dams filled to the brim by the...

20 March 2019 12:54 AM IST

Cyclone Idai tore into the centre of Mozambique on Thursday night. (Photo:AP)

Over 1000 dead as cyclone 'Idai' strikes Zimbabwe, Mozambique

A cyclone that ripped across Mozambique and Zimbabwe has killed at least 1000 people with scores more missing and caused...

18 March 2019 6:08 PM IST

BEA shows the cockpit voice recorder from the crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet. (Photo:AP)

Ethiopian minister says black box still in good shape after crash

Ethiopia's transport minister says the black box from the plane crash one week ago is in good condition.

18 March 2019 1:17 PM IST

Witnesses said the plane nose-dived into remote farmland southeast of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. (Photo:AP)

Ethiopia crash investigation will need 'considerable' time

Identifying the cause of the deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash model will take 'considerable time' an Ethiopian government...

17 March 2019 9:14 AM IST

Though the number of tropical cyclones in a season could remain the same, their category or intensity would be higher.

At least 24 dead, dozen others missing in Zimbabwe cyclone

At least 100 people are missing in parts of eastern Zimbabwe hit by the peripheral effects of tropical cyclone Idai...

16 March 2019 2:59 PM IST