Air India’s new CEO faces financial and safety turbulence
Air India has appointed a new chief executive as the airline grapples with mounting challenges, including heavy financial losses and…
South Africa plans new rules on ex-leaders’ foreign trips after Zuma’s visit to India
South Africa's foreign minister wants new rules and "more transparency" to apply to former heads of state undertaking foreign trips.…
Outrage as Ugandan football captain beaten to death in street gang attack
Ugandans are mourning the death at 27 of one of the country's best-known footballers after he was beaten by suspected…
Nigerian security forces rescue more than 300 abductees
More than 300 people abducted in separate attacks in Nigeria have been rescued, the country's presidency says, in what it…
DR Congo river boat under quarantine for Ebola after five deaths
Congolese authorities are carrying out Ebola and cholera screening for all 255 passengers aboard a boat intercepted on the Congo…
President Mahama leads first anniversary memorial for helicopter crash victims
President John Dramani Mahama today presided over a National Inter-Faith Memorial Service to mark the first anniversary of the August…