Unidentified gunmen kill UN peacekeeper in South Darfur
NYALA, Sudan (BNO NEWS) — A peacekeeper was killed on Wednesday afternoon when unidentified gunmen ambushed a United Nations (UN) patrol in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region, the African Union-United...
View ArticleUN’s Ban commends Sudan and South Sudan on political progress
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) — United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday commended the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan for the progress they have made in talks aimed at resolving...
View ArticleU.S. fighter jet crashes in South Korea, pilot safe
HWAYANG, South Korea (BNO NEWS) — The pilot of a U.S. fighter jet ejected safely Wednesday before his aircraft crashed near a base in the western region of South Korea, military officials said. There...
View ArticleThai PM visits south after car bomb attacks kill 14
HAT YAI, THAILAND (BNO NEWS) — Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday visited the southern region where a deadly bomb attack killed at least fourteen people over the weekend, local media...
View ArticleEight civilians killed in Sudan’s weekend bombings of South Sudan
DARFUR, SOUTH SUDAN (BNO NEWS) — At least eight civilians were killed and nearly two dozen others were injured when Sudanese forces carried out airstrikes in the newly-independent nation of South...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s polygamous president marries fourth wife
NKANDLA, SOUTH AFRICA (BNO NEWS) — South Africa’s polygamous president Jacob Zuma married a fourth wife during a private family ceremony on Friday, the presidential office confirmed. It is the sixth...
View ArticleSouth says North Korea ready to carry out nuclear test
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (BNO NEWS) — North Korea has finished preparations for a third nuclear test and is able to carry it out once it decides to do so, a spokesman for the South Korean Ministry of Defense...
View ArticleSouth African, Australian citizens killed in Indonesia plane crash
SAMARINDA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — A small Susi Air plane crashed in eastern Indonesia on late Wednesday afternoon, killing a South African pilot and his Australian passenger, officials said on...
View Article7 killed, 14 injured when taxi overturns in South Africa
ENTOKOZWENI, SOUTH AFRICA (BNO NEWS) — Seven people were killed on early Monday morning when an overloaded taxi overturned in the eastern region of South Africa, emergency officials said. Several other...
View ArticlePassenger bus falls off bridge in South Africa, killing 19
MEYERTON, SOUTH AFRICA (BNO NEWS) — A passenger bus plunged off a bridge south of Johannesburg in South Africa on Monday, killing nineteen people and injuring more than 50 others, emergency officials...
View ArticleFire kills five miners at Gold Fields mine in South Africa
WESTONARIA, SOUTH AFRICA (BNO NEWS) — A fire broke out at a gold mine in the northern region of South Africa on late Saturday, killing five miners and injuring more than a dozen others, officials said...
View ArticleBus crash in South Africa kills 18, injures 31
CRADOCK, SOUTH AFRICA (BNO NEWS) — A school bus collided head-on with a minibus in the southern region of South Africa on Saturday, killing eighteen people and injuring more than 30 others, emergency...
View ArticleSouth Korean activist allegedly electrocuted while detained in China
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (BNO NEWS) — A South Korean activist who was detained in China in March is claiming to have suffered abuse at the hands of authorities there, including torture by electrocution,...
View ArticleUN peacekeeper killed in armed attack at IDP camp in South Darfur
NYALA, SUDAN (BNO NEWS) — A peacekeeper was killed Sunday when gunmen opened fire in a United Nations (UN) community policing center in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region, the African Union-United Nations...
View ArticleNine killed in violent protests at South African mine
MARIKANA, SOUTH AFRICA (BNO NEWS) — Days of violent clashes between labor unions at a mine in South Africa have claimed the lives of at least nine people, including two police officers, platinum...
View Article3 killed when small plane hits mountain in South Africa
CATO RIDGE, SOUTH AFRICA (BNO NEWS) — A small private plane crashed late Thursday into a mountain in the southeastern region of South Africa, killing all three people on board the aircraft, emergency...
View ArticleSouth African aviators among 12 dead in Kabul car bombing
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Nine foreigners and three Afghan citizens were killed on Tuesday when a female suicide bomber rammed her explosives-laden car into a minibus carrying foreign aviation...
View ArticleFresh clashes in South Sudan increases refugees
GENEVA (BNO NEWS) — Fresh fighting in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan state between Government forces and a rebel group has unleashed a new wave of refugees, the United Nations (UN) warned on Tuesday....
View Article4 killed, 18 injured when oil pipe explodes in Indonesia’s South Sumatra
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) — Four people were killed Wednesday and more than a dozen others were injured when an oil pipeline exploded on Indonesia’s island of Sumatra, local authorities said on...
View ArticleRecord 455 rhinos poached in South Africa so far this year
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (BNO NEWS) — Poachers have slaughtered at least 455 rhinos in South Africa so far this year, already surpassing the record annual tally for last year as demand for its horn...
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