Oslo: More than seven million people risk starvation in Nigeria’s insurgency-hit northeastern region and around Lake Chad, a senior UN official said ahead...
Oslo: More than seven million people risk starvation in Nigeria’s insurgency-hit northeastern region and around Lake Chad, a senior UN official said ahead...
Kampala: The inauguration of Uganda's first gold refinery sparked concern Wednesday over the possibility of dirty minerals from regional conflict zones making their...
BANJUL, Gambia: Ebrima Sillah, a BBC correspondent in Gambia, narrowly woke up at 3 a.m. in alarm in a house in flames. “When...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday commended his countrymen for their prayers and show of support following concerns about his failing health. ...
BANJUL, Gambia: Gambian police have arrested the former head of the National Intelligence Agency, an institution accused of enforced disappearances and killings under...
LAGOS, Nigeria: At least 2,000 children were forcefully conscripted as combatants by Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants in 2016 alone, UNICEF said Tuesday as...
Juba: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir vowed that the government would ensure that aid reaches areas hit by famine after three years of...
LONDON: Britain will provide additional aid money to South Sudan, where famine has been declared in parts of the country, and to Somalia,...
JUBA: South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir yesterday promised aid agencies safe access to hunger-stricken civilians, a day after his government declared a famine...
Kampala: Ugandan authorities have seized more than a tonne of ivory, chopped into small pieces and treated with a chemical intended to prevent...
Abuja: Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari needs "further rest" so will extend his month-long medical stay in London, but there is "no cause" for...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria Monday threatened “dire consequences” if xenophobic attacks against its nationals continue unabated in South Africa, urging Pretoria to prevail on...
LAGOS, Nigeria: A bill to rein in indiscriminate polygamy, forced marriage, and easy divorce, targeting the practice of underage marriage, will be introduced...
Juba: South Sudan on Monday declared famine in some parts of the country, with more than three years of war leaving nearly five...
GARISSA, Kenya: Along a dusty road between the northern Kenyan town of Garissa and the village of Kasha, the carcasses of dozens of...
Miami: Poachers are killing elephants for their ivory at an alarming rate in the central African nation of Gabon, leading to a loss...
MOGADISHU, Somalia: Somalia's new president visited victims wounded by the Mogadishu car bomb that on Sunday killed 34. President Mohamed Abdulahi Mohamed offered...
Kinshasa: Militiamen from the Democratic Republic of Congo's Nande ethnic group have killed 25 civilians in the country's east, local officials said. "In...
