CAPE TOWN, South Africa: Campus security guards were reportedly locked inside a burning building as rampaging students set fire to the main entrance...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa: Campus security guards were reportedly locked inside a burning building as rampaging students set fire to the main entrance...
Khartoum: South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar, a pariah for the West since his call last month for renewed civil war, headed to...
BUJUMBURA, Burundi:Burundi suspended cooperation with the UN’s human rights arm on Tuesday, accusing it of creating “false controversy” with claims of violence against...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s Senate Tuesday condemned weekend raids on the homes and arrest of at least seven judges, arguing that the secret police’s...
Bamako: Swedish peacekeepers serving with the UN's Mali mission killed a man attempting to mount a suicide attack in the central city of...
ROME: Hunger levels in developing countries have fallen 29 percent since 2000, but efforts to curb hunger must be accelerated in order to...
NAIROBI: A ruling party official and two others were killed in a bar in southern Burundi, an official said on Tuesday, as the...
JUBA: Rebels attacked trucks carrying civilians in South Sudan, killing 21 people, the government said, as violence between rival forces loyal to President...
KINSHASA: An opposition leader in Democratic Republic of Congo was arrested late on Sunday for his role in anti-government demonstrations last month in...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: The state of emergency declared in Ethiopia will be restricted to allow better coordination against security threats, the communications minister...
Goma, DR Congo: At least 10 people were killed Sunday night in clashes between the army and suspected Ugandan rebels in east DR...
Nairobi: Kenya is violating international law by forcing residents of the world's largest refugee camp to return to Somalia, an aid agency said...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: The Ethiopian government has declared a state of emergency effective immediately following a week of anti-government violence that resulted in...
JOHANNESBURG: Most South African universities will reopen on Monday despite on-campus clashes between police and students protesters earlier this week, though some, including...
George, South Africa: At first glance there's nothing out of the ordinary about the regional airport in George, a town of just 150,000...
Cape Town: South African retired Anglican archbishop and anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu celebrated his 85th birthday on Friday saying he would like to...
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa is developing drones for the mining industry for inspections in potentially unsafe areas underground, removing the need to put humans...
ROME: Hunger is expected to reach emergency levels by the end of the year in drought-hit southern Madagascar, where many families have already...
