Twenty-five people died Monday when a bus rolled down a steep embankment in South Africa’s coastal Eastern Cape province, the country’s transport minister said. “Reports indicate that the driver lost control of the bus, which subsequently rolled down a steep embankment, leaving 25 dead and approximately 62 injured,” Fikile Mbalula said in a statement. “To […]

A bloc of West African countries called Monday on Guinea-Bissau’s army to remain neutral in the country’s deepening political struggle, which has seen two presidents vying for power following a disputed run-off election in December. The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it “firmly condemned” the latest developments in the country, which […]

Six Malian soldiers died and 10 were injured when militants armed with rocket launchers attacked a checkpoint in a central region of the conflict-torn nation, the army and a local official said Monday. The attack on Sunday night at Mondoro resulted in “six deaths, 10 injuries and material damage,” the army said on Twitter. It […]

Venezuela said Monday it had arrested two officials from state oil company PDVSA for providing the US with “strategic and sensitive” details of its sanctions-hit oil operations. Alfredo Chirinos, the company’s special operations chief, and Aryenis Torrealba, PDVSA’s general manager of crude operations, were arrested on Friday, the commission set up to restructure the company […]

Haiti’s president Jovenel Moise on Monday named a new prime minister to tackle the country’s worsening socio-political and security crisis. “Following consultations with different sectors, I have decided on Joute Joseph as new prime minister,” Moise said on his official Twitter account. “He is tasked with forming, as soon as possible, a government of transparency […]