June 25, 2020 Congo announces end to 2nd deadliest Ebola outbreak ever Eastern Congo marked an official end Thursday to the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, which killed 2,280 people over nearly two years, as armed rebels and community mistrust undermined the promise of new vaccines.
June 25, 2020 Tanzanian miner finds record tanzanite gems, becomes overnight millionaire A small scale miner from Tanzania hit the jackpot and become an instant millionaire after he sold two rough tanzanite stones, the largest ever found in the country.
June 17, 2020 Saharan dust cloud moving across Atlantic may reach Gulf Coast next week The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said that the plume was first captured on June 7, blowing west off the African continent over the Atlantic.
June 16, 2020 Will the unrest in Libya and NATO's schism drag US back into conflict? It is coming up on nine years since Libyan dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi was assassinated, splintering the North African nation into a protracted conflict of contested rulers and warring militias.
June 16, 2020 Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to sexually molesting girls in African orphanage he opened A Pennsylvania man who claimed to be a Christian missionary and went to Africa to open an orphanage pleaded guilty Monday to sexually molesting four underage girls -- two as young as 11 years old -- whom he told to call him "dad."
June 15, 2020 UN human rights body to debate ‘systemic racism, police brutality’ in US The U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday said it would hold a debate on “systemic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protests” amid global demonstrations sparked by the death of George Floyd in the U.S.
June 12, 2020 Popular Uganda mountain gorilla Rafiki killed by poachers One of Uganda’s rare mountain gorillas, a popular silverback called Rafiki, has been killed by illegal poachers.
June 11, 2020 Coronavirus pandemic in Africa is 'accelerating,' WHO warns as cases surge The World Health Organization says the pandemic in Africa is “accelerating” and, while it took 98 days for the continent to reach 100,000 coronavirus cases, it took just 18 days to grow to 200,000 cases.
June 10, 2020 Heavy rain leads to garbage-filled neighborhood in Nigeria, Lagos officials vow crackdown Authorities in the largest city in Nigeria are vowing to crack down on illegal dumping after heavy rain over the weekend caused one neighborhood to be inundated with garbage.
June 9, 2020 Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza dies of 'cardiac arrest' at 55, government says The president of Burundi, whose third-term bid incited a failed coup and drove thousands from the eastern African country in 2015, died from cardiac arrest on Monday at age 55.