Evacuation from Yemen ending as situation deteriorates

2015-04-11 21:24:35

With the security situation in Yemen rapidly deteriorating, some countries have almost finished evacuation of their citizens, while other countries have instructed their citizens to leave Yemen.

Head-on collision of truck and bus kills 31 in Morocco

2015-04-10 18:39:45

A fiery head-on collision between a semi-trailer truck and a bus carrying a delegation of young athletes in southern Morocco on Friday killed 31 people and injured nine.

Sudan summons EU envoy over election remarks

2015-04-10 18:02:47

Sudan's Foreign Ministry said on Friday it had summoned the European Union's representative in Khartoum over critical EU remarks about the country's political environment ahead of elections next week.

Chinese firm wins $600m port construction contract in Ghana

2015-04-09 10:58:23

China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) has won the bid to construct a new Free Port in Atuabo, 326 km west of the capital.

Last batch of Chinese peacekeeping infantry arrives in S.Sudan

2015-04-09 10:46:56

130 Chinese peacekeeping troops, the last detachment of the country's first deployment of a full infantry battalion for a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission arrive at Juba International Airport South Sudan, on April 8, 2015.

Chinese communities donate to victims' families after Kenya attacks

2015-04-08 17:24:03

Even though the identification of victims of last week's terrorist attacks is still ongoing, Chinese communities in Kenya have already rallied to donate money to families of the victims, with many saying Kenya is their second home and that they want to contribute.

Vigil held to mourn victims of al Shabaab attack in Kenya

2015-04-08 11:17:05

Kenyans attend a memorial vigil for the victims of an attack by gunmen at the Garissa University College, at the "Freedom Corner" in Kenya's capital Nairobi April 7, 2015.

Kenya bombed two al Shabaab camps in Somalia

2015-04-06 17:23:17

The Kenyan air force bombed two al Shabaab camps in Somalia on Sunday, a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) source said, in the first major military response to last week's attack by the militant group on a Kenyan university.

One Kenya university attacker identified as son of local official

2015-04-05 20:39:35

Kenyan authorities on Sunday revealed the identity of one of the terrorists who attacked Garisa University college on Thursday.

Survivors from Kenyan university attack sent back home

2015-04-04 21:40:30

A total of 663 survivors of the Garissa attack left Garissa town Saturday to their respective homes.

5 suspects over Garissa attack arrested in Kenya

2015-04-04 19:02:00

Kenya's Interior CS Joseph Nkaissery confirmed that police are holding 3 more suspects over Garissa University attack, making 5 the number of those in custody.

24 students in hospital after terrorist attack on Kenyan university

2015-04-04 11:30:06

Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, has received 24 students wounded in a terrorist attack Friday afternoon and is still expecting another 10. Doctors said all the students are in stable condition and two have been discharged.