09-Jul-2018 to 12:25

APA-Pretoria (South Africa) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent South Africa’s condolences to Japan following torrential rains and landslides that have left scores of people dead in the island nation, the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation said on Monday.

28-Jun-2018 to 18:59

APA-Bissau (Guinea-Bissau) — At least four people are now known to have died in Bissau after a heavy downpour of rain accompanied by strong winds on Wednesday evening.

21-Jun-2018 to 12:15

APA-Abidjan (C/Ivoire) — Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, following the torrential rains that killed 20 people in the West African country, has announced the convening on Thursday morning of a crisis meeting at the Presidency.

18-Jun-2018 to 19:33

APA-Maputo (Mozambique) — Mozambique's Ministry of Health (MISAU) has expressed dismay over the rising trend of malaria related deaths in Maputo, which rose to 25 in the first quarter of this year.

18-Jun-2018 to 12:54

APA-Abuja (Nigeria) — Huge tongues of flames have been rampaging the main market in Azare, a town in the northern Nigerian state of Bauchi since midnight on Sunday.

14-Jun-2018 to 09:37

APA-Johannesburg (South Africa) — Fresh allegations of workers being sent to their deaths have emerged at a Sibanye-Stillwater mine where four mineworkers died on Tuesday, APA has learnt.

14-Jun-2018 to 09:15

APA-Pretoria (South Africa) — South African Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Zweli Mkhize has said that the national state of disaster declared three months ago to ease the country’s drought situation has lapsed in terms of legislation.