ANTANANARIVO: Cyclone Enawo, a massive tropical storm packing winds up to 300 kph (185 mph), killed at least three people when it slammed...
ANTANANARIVO: Cyclone Enawo, a massive tropical storm packing winds up to 300 kph (185 mph), killed at least three people when it slammed...
NAIROBI, Kenya: The government on Tuesday ordered striking doctors to return to work or face disciplinary action and withdrew a 50 percent pay...
Banjul, Gambia: The ex-head of The Gambia's notorious prison system has been charged over the disappearance of the former spy chief and senior...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria has announced a six-week closure of the only airport in the country's capital Abuja to allow for repairs on its...
LAGOS, Nigeria: A former governor in Nigeria Monday was sentenced to five years in prison for awarding a contract without due process of...
JUBA, South Sudan: Up to 55 people including women and children remain missing after being abducted Sunday by an armed group in the...
Mogadishu: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Somalia Tuesday to discuss a hunger crisis which has pushed the country to the verge...
Bamako: An attack on a military base in Boulikessi in Mali has left 11 soldiers dead and five wounded. There was no immediate...
Nairobi: One of Africa's oldest and largest elephants was killed by poachers in Kenya on Monday, according to a conservation group that protects...
KHARTOUM: A rebel Sudanese group said Saturday it has released more than 130 army prisoners. In a statement, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/North...
MWANZA, Tanzania: The most notorious Tanzanian poacher, Boniface Mathew Maliango nicknamed ‘The Devil’ has been sent to twelve years imprisonment for running an...
NAIROBI: Four poachers and a senior Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officer were on Saturday shot dead in a gunfight between KWS rangers and...
MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least 110 people have died of hunger and water-borne diseases in the last 48 hours in Somalia’s southwestern regions of...
JOHANNESBURG: North Korean weapons barred by U.N. sanctions ended up in the hands of U.N. peacekeepers in Africa, a confidential report says. That...
Banjul, Gambia: Gambian President Adama Barrow has allowed six soldiers convicted of plotting a coup against former leader Yahya Jammeh back into the...
MAROUA, Cameroon: Boko Haram militant group is using young children on suicide bombing missions, Midjiyawa Bakari, governor of Cameroon’s Far North region, said...
HARAE, Zimbabwe: Three Zimbabwean journalists were arrested Friday morning for insulting the country’s aging strongman president. Zimbabwean police claim that the journalists --...
JOHANNESBURG: South African President Jacob Zuma said Friday his country’s constitution would have to be amended to allow for land restitution without compensation...