Abuja: Nearly 270 people, most of them children, have died in the past five months during the latest meningitis outbreak to hit Nigeria,...
Abuja: Nearly 270 people, most of them children, have died in the past five months during the latest meningitis outbreak to hit Nigeria,...
JUBA, South Sudan: Since famine was declared in parts of South Sudan a month ago, the United Nations children’s fund, UNICEF and partners...
JOHANNESBURG/PRETORIA: Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan flew back to South Africa on Tuesday, obeying an abrupt recall from President Jacob Zuma, and said he...
Bamako: Former rebels in Mali on Tuesday reversed a decision to boycott a national reconciliation conference after receiving assurances from the government, a...
LAGOS, Nigeria: At least 22 million children across four conflict-ridden countries are at risk of death as a result of sickness and famine...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s Senate chief has been named in a fresh corruption scandal, with the country's anti-graft agency accusing him in a report...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s Senate chief has been named in a fresh corruption scandal, with the country's anti-graft agency accusing him in a report...
Harare: At least 150 people have died of malaria in Zimbabwe over the past two months, with nearly 90,000 infections recorded, a government...
Harare: At least 150 people have died of malaria in Zimbabwe over the past two months, with nearly 90,000 infections recorded, a government...
Johannesburg: South African President Jacob Zuma has ordered his finance minister to return from an overseas investment trip, the presidency said Monday, fuelling...
ABUJA: Nigerian lawmakers summoned the attorney general, accountant general, minister of interior and four companies to appear before a committee of parliamentarians over...
Kano, Nigeria: Boko Haram Islamists raided a village in northeast Nigeria, in the latest rampage to steal food and medical supplies, as fears...
KHARTOUM, Sudan: Sudan’s opposition Popular Congress Party (PCP) has convened its first conference since the death of longstanding party leader Hassan al-Turabi last...
ARU, Democratic republic of Congo: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Democratic Republic of Congo government to fully cooperate with the...
Luanda: Floods in Angola have killed at least eleven people and left thousands homeless after the country was hit by torrential rain, rescuers...
MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least 10 people were killed and several others injured in fierce fighting between Somali government forces and al-Shabaab militants early...
Kano, Nigeria: At least four suicide bomb blasts rocked a camp for migrants fleeing Boko Haram insurgents in restive northeastern Nigeria Wednesday, killing...
Antananarivo: As usual, they get up before dawn and, one by one, place their cans in a neat row at the base of...
