NAIROBI: Kenya said yesterday it was declaring a drought in the east African economy a national disaster, saying it had affected 23 out...
NAIROBI: Kenya said yesterday it was declaring a drought in the east African economy a national disaster, saying it had affected 23 out...
Abuja: More than 700 people took to the streets in the Nigerian capital Abuja yesterday to protest against the government’s economic policy in...
IIt was Ayodele Fayose, the Governor of Ekiti State, who first said everything under the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was becoming inconclusive. That...
JOHANNESBURG: South African police and military forces are deploying ahead of a speech in parliament by President Jacob Zuma, the target of protesters...
Banjul: The European Union announced aid worth ¤225m ($240m) for The Gambia's new government as President Adama Barrow said his nation was "virtually...
Bamako: Security forces were searching territory in Mali and Burkina Faso on Thursday for a Colombian nun kidnapped by self-declared jihadists, a Malian...
NAIROBI: A Kenyan court said on Thursday it would be unconstitutional for the government to close a sprawling refugee camp housing mostly people...
Nairobi: Police on Wednesday placed a bounty of 14 million Kenya shillings ($135,000) on seven terror suspects believed to be behind the murders...
MOGADISHU, Somalia: Some 328 lawmakers have elected Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo as Somalia's president after five hours of voting Wednesday in the capital Mogadishu....
MOGADISHU: Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was elected Somali president Wednesday, in the second presidential election since 1991 held amid tight security due to clashes...
MOGADISHU: A former prime minister who holds dual Somali-U.S. citizenship was declared Somalia's new president Wednesday, immediately taking the oath of office as...
Mogadishu: Somali lawmakers were choosing a president under tight security Wednesday, with roads closed and residents urged to remain indoors over fears of...
HARARE: Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court dismissed a case against President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday lodged by an activist who accused the ageing leader of...
Abidjan: Ivory Coast special forces troops fired in the air in the army barracks town of Adiake on Wednesday after weeks of trouble...
NAIROBI: Kenyan investigators arrested the former chief executive of the electoral commission and two others in dawn raids on Wednesday, the latest twist...
BOSASSO, Somalia: Gunmen stormed a hotel in the capital of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region on Wednesday, killing four guards, a senior official said....
MOGADISHU, Somalia: Four loud explosions rocked Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday evening, an official said, on the eve of a presidential election. The...
LAGOS, Nigeria: A court in Lagos on Tuesday threw out a state government motion seeking an injunction to stop the usage of hijab...