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...
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...
Conakry: Guinea will hold its first local elections since 2005 on February 4 next year, the country's electoral commission said on Monday, tentatively...
KHARTOUM, Sudan: Protests erupted in the Sudanese capital Khartoum Sunday against a death sentence on a university student convicted of killing a policeman...
HARARE: Zimbabwean police arrested activist pastor Evan Mawarire of the #ThisFlag movement as he stepped down from his pulpit, accusing him of subversion...
Nairobi: Kenya's chief prosecutor has ordered the police and anti-corruption agency to investigate the country's election commission for alleged "irregularities and illegalities" in...
Nairobi: Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta will remain president until a new leader is sworn in, the country’s attorney general said yesterday, seeking to assuage...
Goma, DR Congo: At least 12 people died and 92 were missing after heavy rains caused flooding in two villages in eastern Democratic...
Khartoum: The 16th Sudanese-Ethiopian joint military committee concluded its talks in Khartoum at the level of chiefs of staff. Following the closing session,...
Juba: An outbreak of fighting between government and rebel forces in South Sudan's oil-producing north left at least 25 people dead, a state...
Johannesburg: Rhino horn smugglers in South Africa are increasingly supplying the jewellery trade, marking a shift away from sales to traditional medicine makers,...
TRIPOLI, Libya: Libya’s UN-backed unity government has denied reports that it had given Italy a green light to establish a “logistics hub” on...
