AFRICA

  Nigeria faces environmental disaster Oil vessel with capacity of 2 million barrels explodes and sinks Local media reporting 10 deaths Reports from Nigeria indicates that a giant oil production ship with capacity to store up to 2 million barrels of oil has exploded off the county’s coast. According to …

Four adults and a child in the sedan were killed. Image: ER24 Five people were killed in a collision between a truck and a sedan on Wednesday night when the vehicles burst into flames. The crash happened at the Swartkoppies and Kliprivier intersection in Kibler Park, south of Johannesburg. ER24, City …

Image caption, A high-voltage cable snapped and fell onto houses and people shopping At least 26 people have died after they were electrocuted by a falling power cable at a market in the Democratic Republic of Congo, police say. The high-voltage cable snapped and fell onto houses and people shopping …

File photo: Crime A cheating wife who fell pregnant while having an adulterous affair has been arrested for strangling her newborn baby. The woman allegedly killed the baby to hide the evidence of her infidelity from her husband, who is based in South Africa. The Chronicle reports that Trasia Mathe could not …

Power utility Eskom has announced that it will implement stage 2 load shedding from 11:00 on Wednesday morning to 05:00 next week Monday. David McNew / Staff / Getty Power utility Eskom has announced that it will implement stage 2 load shedding from 11:00 on Wednesday morning to 05:00 next …

An orchard farm belonging to former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has been burnt down by suspected hoodlums. The manager of the farm, Zubello Muhamed, who made the disclosure, said the incident occurred on Saturday, January 29, when he travelled out of the area for an official assignment. Residents at …

  At least seven people have been killed and 13 others injured after a matatu (vehicle) they were travelling in ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) in Mandera, northern Kenya, on Monday morning. The 14-seater public service vehicle plying the Mandera Arabia road had left the Arabia township at …

  Burkina Faso’s military junta have made changes to the top hierarchy of the country’s security structure a week after taking over. The army and intelligence chiefs have been dismissed with coup leader Lt Col Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, taking the role of new army chief. He replaces Brig. Gen. Gilbert …

(iStock) A 10-year-old girl drowned at a beach in Gordon’s Bay on Saturday. ER24 paramedics were alerted shortly after 11:0 and found Gordon’s Bay medical officials and lifeguards at the scene. According to ER24 spokesperson Werner Vermaak, it is understood that the girl and two friends were swimming in the …

Dunswart train station now lies in near ruin. The dangling cables, crumbling buildings and towering weeds that obscure the tracks give the impression of a place long abandoned. But it is not time that has caused the destruction at this stop east of South Africa’s commercial hub, Johannesburg. Thieves and …