JOHANNESBURG: Hailed as mother of the 'new' South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's legacy as an anti-apartheid heroine was undone when she was revealed to...
JOHANNESBURG: Hailed as mother of the 'new' South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's legacy as an anti-apartheid heroine was undone when she was revealed to...
Johannesburg: Winnie Mandela, the former wife of South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, died on Monday aged 81, triggering an outpouring of tributes...
Kano, Nigeria: Boko Haram fighters attacked a military base and two surrounding villages near the flashpoint Nigerian city of Maiduguri overnight, killing at...
GABORONE: Botswana's new president, sworn in on Sunday as the landlocked country's fifth post-colonial leader, said he would give priority to tackling youth...
Harare: Illegal gold miners in Zimbabwe have seized a farm belonging to former first lady Grace Mugabe, local media reported, just four months...
Addis Ababa, More than 1,100 people have been arrested in Ethiopia since the nation declared a state of emergency following the prime minister's...
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone: Polls opened Saturday morning in Sierra Leone's runoff presidential election, which had been delayed by a few days after a...
BAMAKO, Mali: Gunmen killed one person and wounded two others in an attack on a hotel frequented by aid workers and businessmen in...
Niamey: At least five civilians were killed and several others wounded in an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants in southeast Niger, near...
Abidjan: "Drones have become my passion," says Noursely Doumbia, who holds a degree in electronics and is currently learning to pilot drones as...
Harare, Zimbabwean police are investigating former ruler Robert Mugabe's wife Grace, accused of smuggling ivory worth millions to underground foreign markets, a state-owned...
Kano, Nigeria: Residents of the Nigerian town of Dapchi were hoping Sunday for the release of the last schoolgirl, who is also a...
NAIROBI, Kenya: Lawyers for Kenya's opposition are poring through a British broadcaster's investigation to see whether legal action is possible against data analytics...
Abuja, Boko Haram jihadists have released 76 of the 110 schoolgirls that were abducted from the northeastern town of Dapchi in February, the...
BUJA: Some of the 110 schoolgirls abducted from the Nigerian town of Dapchi last month were brought back on Wednesday, two witnesses said....
Ottawa: Canada will deploy an infantry unit and military trainers along with attack and transport helicopters to Mali for 12 months in support...
Nairobi: Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has set May 17 as the date for a referendum on a controversial constitutional reform that could keep...
NAIROBI, Kenya, A Kenya police official says at least four people are feared trapped in rubble after a four-story building collapsed in the...
