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The four-day campaign in Africa by 190,000 vaccinators is part of the response to the discovery of three cases of polio in the insurgency-wracked state of Borno in northeast Nigeria last year. (Photo: AP)

116 million African children to get polio vaccines: WHO

Once a worldwide scourge, polio is still endemic in three countries - Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

24 March 2017 9:23 PM IST

Gunmen kill 17 in Nigeria market attack: police

Gunmen kill 17 in Nigeria market attack: police

The police said that this was the latest violence linked to grazing rights disputes.

21 March 2017 8:05 PM IST

Shekau denies Cameroons claims earlier this month that 60 of his men were killed and 5,000 people were rescued from captivity. (Photo: AP)

Boko Haram chief vows to establish caliphate in new video

A multinational force has been fighting Boko Haram extremists in the Lake Chad region amid one of Africa's largest...

21 March 2017 4:22 PM IST

The war on drought announced with a lot fanfare by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has failed to yield the desired results. (Photo: AP/Representational)

10 die in Kenya drought clash

Herders from the Borana and Samburu communities fought a gun battle.

21 March 2017 1:52 AM IST

Air India, Indigo and other airlines flights from Hyderabad to Delhi in the morning were delayed by two to three hours due to fog at Delhi airport. (Representational image)

South Sudan jet burns after crash

It was unclear, however, if the rest of the those on board were alive or dead.

21 March 2017 1:49 AM IST

The aircraft was completely burned out except for the tail, clearly bearing the insignia of local carrier South Supreme Airlines. (Photo: Facebook)

Plane with 45 onboard crash-lands in south Sudan, 14 injured

It was not clear if the rest of the passengers were alive or dead.

20 March 2017 8:48 PM IST

The aircraft was completely burned out except for the tail, clearly bearing the insignia of local carrier South Supreme Airlines. (Photo: Facebook)

Plane with 45 onboard crash-lands in south Sudan, 14 injured

The manager of South Supreme Airlines said he did not have any information except that there were 40 passengers and 5...

20 March 2017 7:39 PM IST

This will be Abdel-Fattah el-Sissis first visit to Washington since taking office in 2014. (Photo: AP)

Egypt's el-Sissi to meet Trump in Washington in early April

El-Sissi and Trump have already shown a bond when they met in September on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

19 March 2017 7:29 PM IST

The violence has triggered a dire humanitarian crisis in northeast Nigeria. (Photo: AP)

4 dead in northeastern Nigeria suicide bombing, 8 injured

Among the dead was a local vigilante and a woman and her two children.

19 March 2017 3:38 PM IST

Man sexually abused Dalit minor in Tamil Nadu. (Representational Image)

Zimbabwe: 4-yr-old's eyes gouged out by stepmother for bed-wetting

The incident took place in Masvingo province in Central Zimbabwe.

18 March 2017 2:33 PM IST

Boko Harams elusive leader Abubakar Shekau. (Photo: Videograb)

Boko Haram's Abubakar Shekau reappears, criticises Cameroon 'lies'

Abubakar Shekau spoke for nearly 20 minutes of a 27-minute video obtained by AFP on Friday.

17 March 2017 9:01 PM IST

In this photo taken from video footage, Sierra Leones Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources Alhaji Minkailu Mansaray hands a diamond during a meeting with delegates of Kono district, where the gem was found, at the presidential office in Freetown, Sierra Leone. (Photo: AP)

Sierra Leone pastor unearths 706-carat diamond, possibly 10th largest...

The diamond was presented to President Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday before being locked in Freetown's central bank...

17 March 2017 11:50 AM IST