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ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: UN airlifted aid for Congolese refugees in Angola who fled from the clashes in their country, UNHCR said...

KHARTOUM: UN envoy to Libya Martin Kobler said Sunday that Sudanese rebel groups have presence in war-torn Libya. Speaking to reporters following talks...

ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: At least 4,000 children in a volatile region of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been separated from...

Lusanga, DR Congo: In the Congolese town once home to the palm oil plantations of Anglo-Dutch conglomerate Unilever, memories of forced labour mingle...

MWANZA, Tanzania: Tanzanian President John Magufuli Friday afternoon dismissed nearly 10,000 civil servants, including high ranking officers, for forging or using other people’s...

LUSAKA, Zambia:  Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema failed in his bid to have treason charges against him and other United Party for National Development...

NAIROBI, Kenya: A young man was killed Wednesday as political violence hit Kenya’s pre-election primaries, police said. He was hit by a vehicle...

MONROVIA, Liberia: At least nine people have died of a "strange disease" in southeastern Liberia, said the country's chief medical officer, Dr. Francis...

NAIROBI: Climate change is making drought and humanitarian disasters worse in the Horn of Africa, Oxfam said on Thursday, ahead of a major...

ABUJA : Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was absent from Wednesday’s cabinet meeting, choosing to rest and work from home, Information Minister Lai Mohammed...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Five people have been killed and 11 injured in multiple bomb explosions in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, officials said....

NAIROBI, Kenya: A total of 26 people are confirmed dead in Kenya after a bus they were traveling on collided with an oil...

ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: Dozens of villagers in this Central African nation are being held captive by a local militia. The reason?...

Dakar: At least 20 people, almost all women, were killed when a wooden boat capsized off Senegal's central coast in a delta region...

Nairobi: Two years after Burundi's president plunged the central African country into turmoil, the regime shows no signs of easing up on a...

NAIROBI, Kenya: The Human Rights Watch has urged Kenyan and South Sudanese governments to release information on the disappearance of a South Sudanese...

MAROUA, Cameroon: Two Cameroonian soldiers were killed and five injured Monday morning in a landmine explosion near the Nigerian border, a military official...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Three people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, police said Monday. A...