Africa

Clothes from UK found at huge two-storey high dump site on protected wetlands in Ghana
‘Why me?’ – six extraordinary stories from sole survivors of plane crashes after man survives India Air disaster
At least 49 people have died in flooding in South Africa
Plane supply for global air freight stalls due to a ‘stretched market’

Bob Geldof says there is one thing he is more ‘proud’ of than Live Aid 40 years on from benefit concert
Woman given life sentence for selling six-year-old daughter for €1,000
‘A shocking situation’ – global heating could surpass 2C level for the first time in next five years
Wild chimps filmed using medicinal plants to help treat each other’s injuries
Mayo journalist on a life of war reporting that led to him winning prestigious Pulitzer Prize
US airstrike on migrant centre in Yemen kills at least 68 people
Wild chimpanzees filmed sharing ‘boozy’ fruit for first time
At least 30 people killed in attack by RSF militia in Sudan
Belgian teenagers charged with bid to smuggle 5,000 ants out of Kenya
UN reports hundreds more dead after two-day RSF assault on Sudan refugee camps in war that has forced 13m people to flee

Africa

Clothes from UK found at huge two-storey high dump site on protected wetlands in Ghana

‘Why me?’ – six extraordinary stories from sole survivors of plane crashes after man survives India Air disaster

At least 49 people have died in flooding in South Africa

Plane supply for global air freight stalls due to a ‘stretched market’

Bob Geldof says there is one thing he is more ‘proud’ of than Live Aid 40 years on from benefit concert

Woman given life sentence for selling six-year-old daughter for €1,000

‘A shocking situation’ – global heating could surpass 2C level for the first time in next five years

Wild chimps filmed using medicinal plants to help treat each other’s injuries

Mayo journalist on a life of war reporting that led to him winning prestigious Pulitzer Prize

US airstrike on migrant centre in Yemen kills at least 68 people

Wild chimpanzees filmed sharing ‘boozy’ fruit for first time

At least 30 people killed in attack by RSF militia in Sudan

Belgian teenagers charged with bid to smuggle 5,000 ants out of Kenya

UN reports hundreds more dead after two-day RSF assault on Sudan refugee camps in war that has forced 13m people to flee

‘Unsecured’ penguin in passenger seat causes helicopter crash in South Africa

Putting a face to the name: how our most famous ancestor Lucy looked in life

Peacekeeping troops and Congo’s M23 rebels agree to ceasefire

Six killed as tourist submarine sinks off Egyptian Red Sea resort

Sudan army wins back control of palace as RSF rebels beaten back

Explainer: Who is fighting in Sudan?

BREAKING | Sudanese army seizes full control of presidential palace in Khartoum, Sudan TV and military sources say

Uganda celebrates St Patrick’s Day in style

16 dead and dozens injured after bus overturns on South African highway

New faster-spreading Mpox strain discovered in Africa

At least 11 dead and 65 injured after explosion at M23 rally in DR Congo

Children face violent death and rape in east Congo’s brutal war

Tomb of first pharaoh since King Tutankhamun’s in 1922 unearthed in Egypt

United Nations seeks $6bn from donors to ease crisis in Sudan

‘If our USAid funding is stopped, my life will be as good as over’

Ebola cases in Uganda rise to nine while 265 others monitored under quarantine

Uganda launches vaccine trial to stop Ebola outbreak just days after first case reported

Congo rebels declare truce ‘on humanitarian grounds’ as UN says at least 900 have died in fighting

Congolese civilians fear violence and rape if they return home

Ebola vaccine trial to begin in Uganda after new outbreak kills nurse

Civilians left terrified in DR Congo city seized by M23 rebels

Bodies line streets as intense battles continue between rebels and Congolese soldiers

Rwanda-backed rebels seize Congo’s biggest city as conflict escalates

Man who set himself on fire outside synagogue is killed by police

Death toll in Nigeria tanker explosion rises to 98

New dinosaur discovered based on photos, after fossil destroyed in World War II bombing

South African accused of starving illegal miners to death, as 78 bodies pulled from gold mine

South African police announce end of mine rescue operation, say all bodies and survivors out

‘I caused it pain, but it kept coming back’ – man jabbed shark in eye to save himself after it killed swimmer

‘Incredibly lucky’ eight-year-old boy survives five days among lions and elephants in African wildlife park

‘I hope you’ll honour us with a visit’ – Albert Reynolds invited Nelson Mandela to Ireland before he was sworn in as South African president

Paul Wagstaff: Small-scale farmers are the key to ending intractable problem of hunger in Africa

At least 35 children killed in Nigerian Christmas fair stampede

Oscar Pistorius’s new ‘lookalike’ girlfriend and the battle to shake off his dark past

Rescuers comb debris for survivors after cyclone horror

Obituary: Louise Asmal, Anti-apartheid and civil rights activist who worked on campaigns in Dublin and played a key role in the rebirth of South Africa

‘Sport has the power to bring people together’ – GAA stars launch tree-planting campaign in Kenya to raise awareness of global warming

US ‘all in on Africa’, says Joe Biden on visit to Angola, but no talks over slavery reparations

Fossilised footprints prove two ancient human species co-existed

Survivors of sunken yacht spent a day trapped in cabins underwater, diver reveals

Recalling the bravery and sacrifice of our nine UN peacekeepers killed in 1960 Niemba ambush

Israel scales back number of aid trucks let into Gaza, says UNRWA

Giant rats trained to sniff out smuggled ivory and rhino horn

‘South Africa’s Steve Irwin’ dies from snake bite

Idris Elba plans to move to Africa to create ‘Zollywood’ and boost continent’s filmmakers

Libya lay blame for Africa Cup qualifier postponement on Nigeria despite their players being held at airport for 19 hours

Africans recruited to work in Russia say they were duped into building drones for use in Ukraine

US 'Welcome Corps' helps resettle LGBTQ+ refugees fleeing crackdowns against gay people

Six dead after Ebola-like disease breaks out in Rwanda

Search on for suspects as 17 killed in two neighbouring houses in South African mass shooting

David Lewis: How the world’s forgotten terror hotspot is fuelling Europe’s migration crisis

Tourist dies after shark bites off her leg near Canary Islands

Zimbabwe and Namibia will kill scores of elephants to feed people facing drought

More than 100 people die from mpox in a week as outbreak spirals across Africa

Abducted Tanzanian opposition politician found dead, acid poured on face

Seventy pupils missing after multiple fatalities in boarding school dormitory blaze

At least 17 Kenyan children burnt to death as fire destroys school dormitory

Kenya school blaze kills 17 students

Attempted jailbreak leaves 129 dead in Congo as guards open fire

From cattle dowry to classroom — how an Irish nun is changing the lives of women in South Sudan

‘Don’t punish Africa’: Plea for vaccines after 1,000 new mpox cases reported in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Rollout of mpox jabs to African nations may start within days

Congo set to receive first mpox vaccines to address new global emergency

Tánaiste Micheál Martin marks World Humanitarian Day as Ireland contributes more than €150m for victims of crises this year

European health agency raises the risk level for mpox a day after Swedish case