Emergency management officials in Ghana say an enormous explosion in the community of Apiate has leveled it, with the death toll still unknown as responders search through collapsed buildings. Ghana Police Service said the blast happened when a vehicle carrying explosives used for mining was passing through the village, between…
Roberta Metsola of Malta was voted the new president of the European Parliament (EP) on Tuesday. Metsola has served as acting president of the EP since the death last week of David Sassoli of Italy. Metsola previously served as first vice president and is the youngest person ever elected to…
The Gambian ambassador to the United States, Dawda Docka Fadera, traveled to New York City to assist fire victims from his nation on Monday. He said the Gambian nation was in shock after hearing news of the fire, and that President Adama Barrow had asked him to convey his condolences….
Rwandan authorities have asked people living in the city of Rubavu to take precautions because of unhealthy air quality following new activity at the Mount Nyiragongo volcano, just across the border in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. The Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) did not directly attribute the poor air…
Yet another strain of the COVID-19 virus has emerged in France, after the case was discovered in a person returning from travel in the West African nation of Cameroon. The new strain has now been identified in 12 people who may have had contact with the person, who lives in…
South Africa’s beloved Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who stood alongside Nelson Mandela in the fight against apartheid and actively worked toward reconciliation in its wake, died on Sunday in Cape Town. He was 90 years old. “South Africa and the world have lost one of the great spirits and moral…
Pope Francis, speaking from Rome in his Christmas Day message, called on humanity to maintain a hope against the many difficulties of our time — the hope, he said, that is found “in the heart of the night” reflected in the story of the Nativity. “Indeed, even as the message…
Health officials on the African continent are seeing a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, with an 83% surge seen during the past week. The surge is driven by both the Delta and the Omicron variants, according to World Health Organization (WHO) experts who provided an update Tuesday. They warn that…
Authorities in Botswana held a Sunday night press conference to discuss the latest information about the B.1.1.529 coronavirus variant first identified there. In the meantime, southern Africans are asking: Where did this variant actually come from? That’s because Botswana’s government said Friday that the four B.1.1.529 cases reported last week…
South Africans living along the country’s coastal Garden Route braced for continued rains, even as they dealt with flooding that prompted water rescues and closed roads and schools. There were no immediate reports of injuries, but property damage was ongoing along the route. It runs roughly from east of Cape…
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the twin bomb blasts that killed four people in Kampala on Tuesday, saying that three affiliated terrorists were responsible for the attacks along Parliament Avenue. The Ugandan Police Force has said that Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and aligned groups executed the attacks, the latest…
In Togo, President Faure Gnassingbé said Monday that the country’s security remained a top priority, following last week’s attacks on an outpost near the northern border. His statement acknowledged the attack in Sanloaga, in the Kpendjal territory, on the night of November 9. Togolese security forces said the incident at…
Ethiopia’s government says a United Nations report on the year-old conflict centered in the Tigray region supports the consistent denial from Addis Ababa that it is engaged in genocide or intentionally withholding humanitarian aid as a weapon of war. “As the report makes abundantly clear, the TPLF triggered the tragic…
A Mediterranean storm that’s lasted for more than three days has finally reached the coast of Libya, according to France’s Keraunos Observatory. The subtropical storm, sometimes called a “medicane” for some of its hurricane-like features, reached the coastal Derna region on Sunday morning. The French storm experts said much of…
New evacuation zones were ordered in the Canary Islands as the Cumbre Vieja volcano shows no signs of stopping. The volcano erupted on September 19 and has continued to pour lava onto the island of La Palma for more than a month now. It originally flowed west to the sea…