Tehran, 15 May _The new coronavirus could kill 150,000 people in Africa in a year unless urgent action is taken, according to a WHO modelling study that says nearly a quarter of a billion people will be infected.
South Africa's MTN Group says its business prospects in Iran - the second-biggest market by subscribers - are still robust despite US sanctions and the fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.
Tehran 4 February _The United Nations (UN) envoy for Libya says the warring sides in the North African country have agreed in principle to transform a shaky truce into a permanent ceasefire.
TEHRAN, August 14 - New analysis of satellite data suggests between 1 and 1.5 billion tons of carbon emissions is emitted from northern tropical Africa each year.
TEHRAN, Jul 26 - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrapped up his ‘fruitful diplomatic trip’ which included New York for a United Nations conference and then Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Senegal.
TEHRAN, Jul 18 - Hundreds of fighters from several militia groups in conflict-torn Central African Republic have laid down their weapons, the United Nations said on Wednesday, as the impoverished country struggles to end bloodshed among armed groups that control vast swathes of territory.
TEHRAN, Jul 9 - The United Nations hailed a landmark Africa-wide free trade area accord launched at the weekend as a bridge towards peace on the continent.
TEHRAN, Jul 8 - African leaders launched a continental free-trade zone on Sunday that if successful would unite 1.3 billion people, create a $3.4 trillion economic bloc and usher in a new era of development.
TEHRAN, May 26 - Suspected Daesh-linked militants have killed more than two dozen soldiers and a number of civilians in an ambush in northeast Nigeria, in the second deadly attack on the army this week.
TEHRAN, May 18 -Two guards were killed and four others were kidnapped early on Saturday in a suspected Daesh attack targeting Libya's Zella oilfield, a security source said.
TEHRAN, May 05 - A row between British Prime minister Theresa May and her former defense chief Gavin Williamson has intensified with reports suggesting May blocked the sacked minister’s plans to send contingents of troops to Africa.
TEHRAN, May 04 - Congo's Ebola epidemic is expected to continue spreading though the country's east, where it has killed 1,000 since August and sparked mistrust and frequent attacks on medical centers, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
TEHRAN, May 01 -The African Union has extended the deadline for Sudan's military rulers to transfer power to civilians by further 60 days or face suspension.
Heavy rain has battered northern Mozambique as residents and relief workers confronted the widespread devastation wrought by Cyclone Kenneth, the strongest cyclone to ever hit Africa, which killed 38 people and destroyed thousands of homes.
TEHRAN, Apr 24 - There is expected to be a million-man march in Sudan on Thursday, according to protest leaders who demand a peaceful transition to civilian rule; and at the same time the military council has called for talks with the Alliance for Freedom and Change.
TEHRAN, Apr 23 - African leaders at an emergency summit in Cairo have called on Sudan's military rulers to effectively and peacefully carry out a democratic transition within three months.
TEHRAN, Apr 10 - Thousands of Algerians have taken to the streets of the capital Algiers to protest against the appointment of the speaker of the upper house of parliament, Abdelkader Bensalah, as interim president, whom they see as a leftover of the regime of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
TEHRAN, Apr 10 - Sudan’s Information Minister has cited a report by Khartoum police as saying that 11 people were killed during security incidents in the capital on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, Apr 06 - At least 50 people were killed in clashes with bandits in northwest Nigeria, which has been riven by cattle rustling and kidnapping, the state government said on Friday.