World / Africa

DAKAR:  African political leaders, activists, and local chiefs joined forces on Monday to commit to ending child marriage in West and Central Africa,...

Nairobi: Senior leaders of the Popular Forces of Burundi (FPB) rebel group were arrested in eastern Tanzania on Saturday and extradited to Burundi...

Abuja:  At least 13 people have been killed and 16 injured in suicide bombings in Maiduguri, the capital of northeastern state of Borno....

Geneva:  The head of the World Health Organization on Sunday reversed his decision to name Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador,...

Lusaka: The birthday of twins Karen and Kelly Junior will always be tinged by sadness as it also marks the day their mother...

Algiers: Algeria will host on Wednesday the first regional meeting of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) on the connection between the transnational organized...

Niamey: Twelve paramilitary police were killed Saturday in a fresh attack in Niger's restive southwest bordering Mali, the interior minister said. "There was...

Casablanca, A 1,200-kilometre (750 mile) round bus trip taking about 22 hours: that is the weekly grind faced by families of activists arrested...

LILONGWE:  Police in Malawi said they arrested 140 suspected members of vigilante mobs that have targeted people accused of vampirism, clamping down after...

Harare:  The United Nations faced criticism Friday after naming Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe a "goodwill ambassador" to promote health causes, despite the country's...

Washington:  The killing of four American special operations soldiers in Niger has highlighted the increasing role elite units are playing across Africa, which...

JOHANNESBURG:  South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has given President Jacob Zuma until Nov. 30 to make submissions before it  decides whether to...

Kampala: Two people have died from the Marburg virus in eastern Uganda, in the country's first outbreak of the deadly Ebola-like pathogen in...

Kano, Nigeria: At least three soldiers were killed when Boko Haram fighters ambushed a military convoy in northeast Nigeria, security and civilian sources...

Lome: Several cities in Togo were tense on Wednesday following clashes between opposition supporters, soldiers and police as demonstrators prepared to hold another...

Nairobi: Kenya's election chief cast doubt Wednesday on his organisation's ability to hold a "free, fair and credible" vote next week, pointing to...

Antananarivo, An outbreak of highly contagious plague has claimed 74 lives in Madagascar over the past two months with the capital particularly affected,...

CAPE TOWN: Two men were injured in a drive-by shooting at South Africa's Cape Town International Airport, police said on Wednesday. Operations at...