AFRICA

(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 …

  Di number of pipo wey don die for world for di COVID-19 pandemic don pass three million, according to Johns Hopkins University. Dis new record dey come one day aft oga of World Health Organization (WHO) warn say di world dey “approach di highest rate of infection” so far. India – …

  Sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war in Ethiopia’s Tigray, the U.N. aid chief told the Security Council on Thursday, prompting the U.S. envoy to challenge the body’s silence, asking: “Do African lives not matter as much as those experiencing conflict in other countries?” The U.N. …

Funeral preparations don ready for Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II husband, wey die on Friday 9 April at di age of 99. Dis na wetin we sabi about di event. Wia di funeral go happen? Di ceremonial royal funeral go happen for St George’s Chapel, for Windsor Castle, by 15:00 …

Eritrea told the United Nations Security Council on Friday that it has agreed to start withdrawing its troops from Ethiopia’s Tigray region, acknowledging publicly for the first time the country’s involvement in the conflict. The admission in a letter to the 15-member council – and posted online by Eritrea’s Ministry …