Africa

The death toll likely to go up in the latest tanker explosion in Africa’s largest economy amid rising fuel cost.At...

Cape Town, South Africa – On January 23, 1915, two boatmen named Dolly Jenniker and Zulu Madhliwa drowned in the...

The UN says the forced displacement is one of ‘the most alarming’ humanitarian crises in the world.More than 230,000 people...

Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Shortly before noon on a Thursday in June 1960, 34-year-old Patrice Lumumba stepped...

A months-long standoff between South African authorities and illegal miners trapped in an abandoned mine in the town of Stilfontein...

Security was tight around ceremony as opposition says more than 300 killed in protests claiming election fraud.Daniel Chapo of Mozambique’s...

*The names of the hijackers are pseudonyms on condition of speaking to Al Jazeera. Mogadishu, Somalia – Liban Hassan* has...

NewsFeedAl Jazeera’s Hatu Mutasa reports from Stilfontein, South Africa, as rescue workers bring miners to the surface after months of...

The virus can spread between people through direct contact or via blood and other bodily fluids of infected people.A suspected...

Hundreds more survivors and dozens more bodies still underground, according to a miners rights group.South African rescuers have pulled 36...