Africa

More than 2,000 people have died of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo since its outbreak in mid-May.

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in DRC concerns a previously unseen variant of the rare Bundibugyo species of the virus, indicating it stemmed from a new transmission from animals to humans.

Amid a surge in pattern of “hate speech, ethnic contempt and vulgar language”, officials and experts hope the country can learn from its history.

There were no details yet of the miners, including their nationalities, as officials were still headed to the site.

Colonel Mohammed Ma’aji is quoted as telling military investigators that he was driven by the desire to have a prosperous nation.

Maj Gen Fawzi al-Mansouri was killed when an explosive device planted under his vehicle detonated as he was getting into his car outside his home in Benghazi, a Libyan security official says.

Sierra Leone’s parliament on Monday approved a constitutional reform that would overhaul the West African country’s electoral rules.

The US State Department said on Monday it had revoked more than 175,000 visas from foreign nationals under President Donald Trump’s administration.

The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) has confirmed that a United States military aircraft crashed near Chabelley Airfield in Djibouti on Sunday.

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni and his Tanzanian counterpart, Samia Suluhu Hassan, have endorsed a proposal to build an oil refinery in Tanzania’s port city of Tanga.