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A fire broke out Sunday on Table Mountain, the iconic peak overlooking the city of Cape Town on the tip of South Africa, and was not under control by Monday morning, according to the city. The flames destroyed part of the restaurant next to a monument to British colonist Cecil …

Eleven people were killed and 98 injured on Sunday in a train accident in Egypt’s Qalioubia province north of Cairo, the health ministry said in a statement. The train was heading from Cairo to the Nile Delta city of Mansoura when four carriages derailed at 1:54 p.m. (1154 GMT), about …

  Being transgender in Africa is definitely a bad idea, you have no rights and could easily be found in a bad state at any point in time. Video shows the exact moment Nigerian transgender James Brown was attacked and beaten by an angry mob in public as if he had stolen …

A wildfire on the slopes of South Africa’s Table Mountain has spread to the nearby University of Cape Town campus, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of students, officials say. The blaze spread quickly after breaking out on Sunday morning near a memorial to politician Cecil Rhodes. A restaurant was destroyed. …

(File photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images) A suspected poacher was killed by elephants in the Kruger National Park on Saturday while he and two of his accomplices were fleeing from park rangers. The SA National Parks (SANParks) said on Sunday rangers managed to arrest one of the suspects. …

  Big fire wey dey out of control dey burn for Table Mountain for Cape Town, South Africa. Fire fighters dey fight very hard to control di fire wey don go out of control as e don move begin burn buildings. Di fire don burn part of one restaurant and …

People gather at the site where train carriages derailed in Qalioubia province, north of Cairo. Cairo, Egypt (CNN)At least 97 people were injured when a train went off the tracks near the city of Toukh, north of Cairo on Sunday, according to Egypt’s Ministry of Health. More than 50 ambulances …

A wildfire is raging out of control on the slopes of Table Mountain above the city of Cape Town, South African authorities say. The blaze has destroyed part of a cafe at the Rhodes Memorial overlooking the city’s port. Hundreds of students have been evacuated from a nearby University of …

Two girls, aged seven and eight, died when their Mpumalanga home caught fire. iStock Two cousins, aged seven and eight, died when their Mpumalanga home caught fire while they were asleep. According to police, the girls’ parents were away and their uncle, who lives in the same house in Masoyi, …

Police are at the offices of the state capture inquiry commission which were allegedly broken into on Saturday Image: Mogamad Slamdien Police were on Sunday at the state capture commission’s offices in Parktown in Johannesburg after a reported burglary. An eyewitness, Mogamad Slamdien, told TimesLIVE that police were on the scene …