Lagos: Nigerian police have released 259 people held captive at an Islamic rehabilitation centre in the southwestern city of Ibadan, a police spokesman...
Lagos: Nigerian police have released 259 people held captive at an Islamic rehabilitation centre in the southwestern city of Ibadan, a police spokesman...
Kampala - Ugandan police were able to rescue 11 people in a sinking boat accident Northwest the country, while seven are still missing....
LOME: Pirates attacked a Greek oil tanker off the coast of Togo in the early hours of Monday and fled after taking four...
Phundundu, Zimbabwe: Chiyevedzo Mutero was one of dozens competing in the remote Zimbabwean bush to join the all-female anti-poaching Akashinga rangers when she...
Abidjan: The willingness of some multinational firms to pay a cost-of-living bonus for African cocoa planters is welcome but will not save many...
Bamako: At least 53 soldiers and one civilian were killed in a militant attack on a military post in northern Mali on Friday,...
BLANTYRE: Malawi's constitutional court has suspended its requirement that lawyers and judges wear traditional white wigs and black robes in the courtroom as...
DAKAR: Speaking calmly through tears, in a hearing streamed live on YouTube, former beauty queen Fatou Jallow told how Gambia's ex-president Yahya Jammeh...
GABARONE, President Mokgweetsi Masisi, sworn in for a five-year term on Friday, promised to drive a transformation of Botswana's economy, creating more jobs...
DAKAR: A new online database of human trafficking cases will help Senegal crack down on a rampant crime that is little understood, highlighting...
ISHIARA, Kenya: It's early morning and Moses Njiru 43, has an array of household chores lined up before heading to his job as...
JUBA: South Sudan's main opposition accused the government on Wednesday of failing to push through a peace deal and called for a six-month...
Benin City, Nigeria: Deep in the tropical forest in southern Nigeria, an evangelical pastor runs a sprawling camp billed as a refuge for...
LAMU, Kenya: Fishing communities on Kenya's north coast will be the first to benefit from "smart" identity cards aimed at distinguishing genuine fishermen...
Nairobi: "We would collect dead, dumped bodies. Some were decomposing... others were fresh," said John Chege of his early days policing Nairobi's Karura...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed faced the most serious political challenge of his short rule Thursday as...
ADDIS ABABA: From ex-prostitutes making jewellery out of bullet casing to drones delivering blood, rising numbers of businesses with a mission to help...
DAKAR: Urban scientists on Wednesday launched the first digital map of Africa's sprawl of slums to expose the true scale of urban poverty...
