Somali bomb victims
Image copyright Gurmad252 A Facebook page has been set up to help identify the victims of Somalia's deadliest terror attack in a decade as well as those still missing.A lorry full of explosives destroyed hotels, government offices and restaurants at
‘Failing teachers’
Image copyright AFP In our series of letters from African journalists, the editor-in-chief of Nigeria's Daily Trust newspaper, Mannir Dan Ali, considers why Africa's most populous country is struggling to educate its children. Nasir El-Rufai, the governor of Nigeria's Kaduna
Australia risks humanitarian crisis over asylum, UNHCR says
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Australia's offshore detention policy has often sparked protests The UN's refugee agency has urged Australia to avert a "humanitarian emergency" over the closure of its detention centre in Papua New Guinea.Australia holds refugees and asylum
Rio Tinto charged with fraud by US authorities
Image copyright Getty Images British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto and two of its former executives have been charged with fraud in the US, accused of hiding losses by inflating the value of African coal assets. It bought the Mozambique assets
Ukraine anti-graft protesters clash with riot police
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionProtesters and police clash outside Ukraine parliament Four people have been injured in clashes between riot police and demonstrators demanding major reforms in Ukraine's capital Kiev.The protesters are calling for an anti-corruption
Conjoined Twins Saved Through Ministry’s Medical Flight
Photo Credit: Mission Aviation FellowshipDRC (Mission Network News) — The recent natural birth of conjoined twin baby girls in the bush of the Democratic Republic of Congo was a rare occurrence. The closest hospital in Vanga was a two-day drive
Six fishermen missing in capsize off Australian coast
Image copyright QUEENSLAND POLICE Image caption Police have found debris from the trawler, which capsized on Monday Six fishermen are missing after their trawler capsized and sank off the east coast of Australia.A seventh man managed to survive being stranded
French aviators credited with first transatlantic flight
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The new signs are a recognition of a theory, far from proven, that Nungesser (left) and Coli really did complete their trans-Atlantic exploit Two French aviators have been officially honoured with Paris street signs
China Communist Party congress set to start in Beijing
Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Large posters of President Xi Jinping have been put up around Beijing for the congress China's biggest political event, the Communist Party congress, is set to begin in Beijing.More than 2,000 delegates will be
Woolly situation
Image caption Australian boot manufacturer Eddie Oygur is fighting a US legal challenge In Australia, the name "ugg" is a generic term for sheepskin boots, often worn locally as slippers. In the US, it is a brand - and big