KAMPALA, Uganda: Ugandan opposition legislators opposed to the lifting of the presidential age limit from the constitution are facing “death threats”. On Tuesday...
KAMPALA, Uganda: Ugandan opposition legislators opposed to the lifting of the presidential age limit from the constitution are facing “death threats”. On Tuesday...
LAGOS, Nigeria: A Nigerian court on Tuesday gave lengthy jail sentences to three top officials of a government institute for diverting $580,000 in...
Blantyre, Malawi: Vigilantes in Malawi have killed six people suspected of trying to obtain and drink human blood as part of magic rituals...
Nairobi: Campuses at one of Kenya's largest universities were closed on Tuesday after demonstrations broke out ahead of the country's tense presidential election...
JUBA: When Jimmy’s parents finally pulled their son out of the churning river, his body was already lifeless and limp, heavy in the...
Harare: Driving to work last week, Dennis Zhemi found his usually busy neighbourhood garage in the Zimbabwean capital Harare deserted and a forecourt...
Buea, Cameroon: Police patrolled empty streets in Cameroon's restive anglophone belt as a separatist group made a symbolic proclamation of independence on Sunday,...
ZARZIS, Tunisia: A Tunisian Red Crescent official said Sunday, 42 illegal migrants were captured at the country's coastal commune in the southeast trying...
ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: A military cargo plane on Saturday crashed in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa, killing 10 people aboard,...
Cape Town: Eleven people were killed in a series of overnight shootings in a Cape Town township, police said Saturday, including four victims...
Kampala: Uganda's parliament on Wednesday took the first step towards scrapping the presidential age limit that would allow long-standing ruler Yoweri Museveni to...
NAIROBI, Kenya: Police in the capital Nairobi resorted to baton charge and used tear gas to disperse thousands of opposition supporters protesting against...
HARARE: A Zimbabwean court on Tuesday freed activist pastor Evan Mawarire, a critic of President Robert Mugabe, following his weekend arrest on new...
London: Nigeria's president is under no obligation to disclose his medical condition even though he has spent most of the year being treated...
Khartoum: Sudan vowed Monday to step up efforts to normalise relations with the United States after Washington dropped the country from a list...
Harare: Zimbabwean activist pastor Evan Mawarire pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of trying to overthrow President Robert Mugabe's government, a day...
Aba, Nigeria: Sixty suspected members of a pro-Biafran group were remanded in custody on Monday when they appeared in court after clashes with...
Addis Ababa: Clashes that erupted in Ethiopia this month between two of the country's largest ethnic groups have killed hundreds of people and...