Oscar Pistorius to be released on parole on Tuesday

2015-10-15 21:47:15

Oscar Pistorius will be released on parole on Oct. 20, about a year after he was sentenced to five years for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

2 killed as bridge under construction collapsed in S. Africa

2015-10-15 09:13:21

Two people were killed and 23 others injured as the bridge, which is still under construction, collapsed on a main motorway in Johannesburg on Wednesday, according to the rescue team on the scene.

Tunisian mediator group wins Nobel Peace Prize

2015-10-09 19:52:34

Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet won the Nobel Peace Prize for "its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia."

Kenya prepares for surge in malaria cases following El-Nino rains

2015-10-09 14:02:36

Kenya's Ministry of Health fears that the onset of El-Niño rains may trigger an outbreak of malaria and other communicable diseases. In 1997 the phenomenon increased incidences of cholera, malaria and rift valley fever.

Artemisinin plays key role in combating malaria in Angola: expert

2015-10-05 23:06:10

Artemisinin has played a key role in combating malaria in Angola though the disease remained the largest killer in the African country, a leading Chinese physician said Monday.

China-Africa Project Hope finishes 23 schools

2015-09-30 04:03:32

China-Africa Project Hope, which plans to build 1,000 primary schools in Africa, has completed the first 23, Lu Junqing, chairman of the project, announced at a news conference on Tuesday in Nairobi.

Kenyan official praises elevating forum to summit

2015-09-29 05:38:08

Elevating the Forum for China Africa Cooperation to summit level will give "an added impetus to steer the development cooperation agenda forward", the speaker of Kenya's National Assembly said on Monday.

Egypt's Sisi pardons 100 prisoners, including Jazeera journalists

2015-09-23 21:39:34

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned 100 prisoners including three Al Jazeera television journalists a day before he plans to head to the annual United Nations summit of world leaders.

Former Egyptian minister gets 3-year sentence over corruption

2015-09-22 00:08:19

An Egyptian court sentenced on Monday former housing minister Ibrahim Suleiman to three years in prison over corruption charges.

Over 50 killed NE Nigeria multiple blasts

2015-09-21 22:50:29

Death toll from multiple bombings that hit Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria's restive Borno state capital has exceeded 50, local reporters told Xinhua Monday.

Egypt's Sisi swears in new government

2015-09-19 17:08:49

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi kept his finance, investment and interior ministers in a new government sworn in on Saturday, as he tries to rebuild an economy battered by Islamist militant violence.

Death toll in S. Sudan's oil tanker blast tops 150: report

2015-09-18 19:16:15

The death toll from an oil tanker explosion in South Sudan has jumped to over 150, local media reported Friday.