Africa

South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors

South African police have ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine where hundreds of illegal miners were trapped for months and say they believe they have rescued all the survivors and retrieved all the bodies of those who died.

Hundreds protest as Mozambique inaugurates a new president

Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and feared starving in an abandoned South Africa mine

Why do civilians often die in Nigerian military strikes that target rebels?

Interpol cracks down on illegal mining in West Africa as police make 200 arrests

AFRICA PULSE

Benin’s mecca of spirits and gods draws tourists and followers with famed Voodoo festival

A startup city in Kenya tries to tackle Africa’s problem of urbanizing while poor

They fled from extremists. Now the government in Burkina Faso tries to hide their existence

Come home, Ghana told the African diaspora. Now some Black Americans take its citizenship

‘We fall and we rise': Some amputees in Sierra Leone turn to farming to combat discrimination

This Somali migrant watched others around her die at sea. But she wants to try again for Europe

Islamic State-linked rebels kill at least 10 people in eastern Congo

WHO says suspected outbreak of Marburg disease kills 8 in a remote part of Tanzania

Comoros ruling party wins 28 out of 33 seats in a parliamentary election

Chili paste heats up dishes and warms hearts at northeastern Tunisia’s harissa festival

A Moroccan activist is sentenced to prison over protests against earthquake response

3 Chinese citizens sentenced to 7 years in prison for illegal mining in Congo

Ugandan military court rules it can try opposition figure on treachery charge carrying death penalty

At least 100 illegal miners have died while trapped in a South African mine for months, group says

Mali seizes 3 tons of gold from Canadian company Barrick amid dispute over share of revenue

At least 40 farmers killed by Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria, an official says

Nigerian airstrike mistakenly kills civilians supporting security forces while targeting rebels

Congo says several towns recaptured from rebels but fighting intensifies in its east

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped in Niger’s Agadez city, authorities say

Chad’s ruling party wins majority in parliamentary election boycotted by main opposition

Comoros holds a parliamentary election boycotted by some opposition parties

Mayotte on red alert again as another cyclone heads toward the French territory off Africa

Sudan’s military retakes a strategic city from RSF rebels, dealing them a major blow

US to return $52.8 million in seized assets linked to Nigeria’s former oil minister

More than 100,000 people displaced in eastern Congo since the start of the year, UN says

Plane crash-lands and bursts into flames in Kenya, killing 3 on the ground

Militants inflict heavy losses on Benin’s armed forces in an attack in the north

Paris accuses Algeria of trying to humiliate France by refusing to admit a deported influencer

Congo bans Al Jazeera over its interview with a key rebel leader and threatens journalists

Rwanda’s Paul Kagame urges Congo to negotiate with M23 rebels after they seize strategic towns

Mozambique opposition leader returns from self-imposed exile as police fire tear gas at supporters

Gunshots are heard near Chad’s presidential palace. Foreign minister says it’s under control

A photo captures rescue of a baby born on dangerous sea crossing to Spain’s Canary Islands

6 soldiers and 34 extremist rebels die in a clash in northeastern Nigeria, military says

Senegal and Chad say ousting of French troops was their sovereign decision

Ethiopians celebrate Christmas as natural calamities and conflict take their toll

Mahama sworn in as Ghana’s president for a third time against the backdrop of an economic crisis

Guinea’s junta faces protests after missing a deadline for a return to democracy

Explosive device kills 2 at a school near Nigeria’s capital, police say

Residents and officials say rebels have seized 2 key towns in eastern Congo

Congo will execute more than 170 people convicted of armed robbery, official says