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Children sit inside a tent at a camp set up for flood victims in Tsholostho about 200 kilometres north of Bulawayo, Saturday, March 4, 2017. (Photo: AP)

Deadly floods hit southern Zimbabwe, destroying many homes

Since December, floods have killed 246 people, injured 128 and left nearly 2,000 homeless, a Zimbabwean minister said.

5 March 2017 5:42 PM IST

Severe drought and conflict in Somalia caused a famine in 2010-2012 that eventually killed a quarter of a million people (Photo: AFP)

Somalia says 110 dead in last 48 hours due to drought

In 2011, some 260,000 people starved to death due to famine in Somalia.

5 March 2017 10:25 AM IST

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, left, shakes hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, prior to their meeting at the presidential palace in Carthage, near Tunis, Tunisia. (Photo: AP)

Tunisia, Germany strike new immigration deal

Germany and Tunisia have agreed on faster repatriations for rejected asylum seekers and job training for Tunisians.

3 March 2017 7:36 PM IST

Indian-origin South African cartoonist Nanda Soobben. (Photo: Twitter)

Indian-origin cartoonist in South African asked to shut design school

Soobben has appealed against the decision but has refused to stop tutoring his 20 students half of whom are studying...

1 March 2017 9:24 PM IST

UN chief Antonio Guterres. (Photo: AP)

UN chief warns of Burundi's leader seeking 4th term

The East African nation has seen deadly political turmoil since Nkurunziza in 2015 successfully pursued a third term.

1 March 2017 8:48 PM IST

Liquor sachets. (Photo: Yahoo)

Tanzania bans alcoholic sachets to curb drinking

The sachets sell for about $0.25, putting liquor within reach of the poorest while discarded sachets clog litter streets...

1 March 2017 8:17 PM IST

A CRPF constable committed suicide by slitting his throat at the door of Chinnamastika temple at Rajrappa, Jharkhand. (Representational image)

Indian-origin youth kills parents, lives with bodies for a week in...

The youth lived normally for a week and when neighbours asked about his parents, he said they had gone to neighbouring...

1 March 2017 7:30 PM IST

A family waits for food assistance to be distributed in Thonyor, Leer County, one of the areas in which famine has been declared, in South Sudan. (Photo: AP)

Aid worries rise for South Sudan refugees fleeing famine and war

A doctor said that about 5,000 refugees lived in the camp and she had only five workers to help provide medical aid.

1 March 2017 4:39 PM IST

The court heard the attack was so severe that one of the sturdy maces had broken after the daughter was struck on the skull with it several times. (Photo: Representational Image)

3 life terms for Indian-origin man for killing wife, children in South...

Kandasamy had attacked the family after he learnt his wife wanted a divorce because she wanted to marry another man.

1 March 2017 9:10 AM IST

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace, right, share a light moment during his 93rd Birthday celebrations in Matopos on the outskirts of Bulawayo. (Photo: AP)

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe talks of own death at 93rd birthday...

Saturday's party included a feast and several vast birthday cakes, angering some Zimbabweans as the country endures...

26 Feb 2017 11:08 AM IST

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (Photo: File/AP)

Robert Mugabe's Birthday party irks many

The party held in a large marquee decorated with portraits of a younger Mugabe, included a feast and several vast...

26 Feb 2017 2:26 AM IST

Attacks against foreigners have erupted regularly in recent years, fuelled by South Africas high unemployment and poverty levels.

Pretoria: Migrants attacked in South Africa

Police in Pretoria formed lines to keep apart 500 protesters.

25 Feb 2017 5:00 AM IST