Forests engulf fields that used to produce some of the world’s best tobacco around the northern Zimbabwean town of Banket, while barns that...
Forests engulf fields that used to produce some of the world’s best tobacco around the northern Zimbabwean town of Banket, while barns that...
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe: As Zimbabwe’s health service buckles amid low levels of public funding and a government freeze on hiring medical staff, volunteers have...
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo: The UN has accused Congolese military of killing at least 40 people on Dec. 19, 2016, following protests...
LUSAKA, Zambia: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake on Monday night hit the northern province of Zambia, including Kasama, the provincial capital, leaving hundreds injured. Northern...
ADDIS ABABA: African countries see the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) as a threat to their internal security and have started taking action against...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s economy shrank by 1.51 percent in the last quarter of 2016 with oil and non-oil sectors suffering persistent declines throughout...
KAMPALA, Uganda: A new government report in Uganda found that 12 million people in the East African nation are experiencing food insecurity. Speaking...
BANJUL/DAKAR: When Gambian intelligence officers arrested journalist Ebrima Manneh at his newspaper, he asked an office guard to save some tea. "I'm coming...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Two German archaeologists recently abducted in Nigeria's northwestern Kaduna state have regained their freedom on Sunday, according to a local police...
KHARTOUM: Sudanese authorities have released a Czech national who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for espionage. Peter Jasek, a filmmaker, was...
KADUNA, Nigeria: Two German archaeologists who were kidnapped in central Nigeria have been freed, a police official said on Sunday. No ransom was...
NAIROBI, Kenya: The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) on Saturday announced that it has suspended the distribution of relief food to starving residents...
Mogadishu: At least five people were killed and three others were injured in clan fighting near Adale town in Somalia. The renewed clashes...
United Nations, United States: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza against seeking a fourth term, saying such a move...
Pretoria: South African police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades to break up clashes between local protesters and immigrants in Pretoria...
Dakar: Senegalese police have arrested two Malians suspected of involvement in a jihadist attack on an Ivory Coast beach resort last year that...
Oslo: Aid agencies must get food to close to 3 million people by July to avert a famine in Africa’s Lake Chad region...
Kano: Two German archaeologists have been kidnapped in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, police said yesterday, stoking fears of more abductions in a region...
