Casablanca, A 1,200-kilometre (750 mile) round bus trip taking about 22 hours: that is the weekly grind faced by families of activists arrested...
Casablanca, A 1,200-kilometre (750 mile) round bus trip taking about 22 hours: that is the weekly grind faced by families of activists arrested...
LILONGWE: Police in Malawi said they arrested 140 suspected members of vigilante mobs that have targeted people accused of vampirism, clamping down after...
Harare: The United Nations faced criticism Friday after naming Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe a "goodwill ambassador" to promote health causes, despite the country's...
Washington: The killing of four American special operations soldiers in Niger has highlighted the increasing role elite units are playing across Africa, which...
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has given President Jacob Zuma until Nov. 30 to make submissions before it decides whether to...
Kampala: Two people have died from the Marburg virus in eastern Uganda, in the country's first outbreak of the deadly Ebola-like pathogen in...
Kano, Nigeria: At least three soldiers were killed when Boko Haram fighters ambushed a military convoy in northeast Nigeria, security and civilian sources...
Lome: Several cities in Togo were tense on Wednesday following clashes between opposition supporters, soldiers and police as demonstrators prepared to hold another...
Nairobi: Kenya's election chief cast doubt Wednesday on his organisation's ability to hold a "free, fair and credible" vote next week, pointing to...
Antananarivo, An outbreak of highly contagious plague has claimed 74 lives in Madagascar over the past two months with the capital particularly affected,...
CAPE TOWN: Two men were injured in a drive-by shooting at South Africa's Cape Town International Airport, police said on Wednesday. Operations at...
Nairobi: One of Kenya's eight election commissioners quit Wednesday in a searing statement accusing her colleagues of political bias and saying an upcoming...
Jos, Nigeria: At least 29 people were killed in a new flare-up of violence in central Nigeria targeting people sheltered in a primary...
MOGADISHU, Somalia: Up to 40 Somalis, who got critically injured in Saturday’s truck bombing, have been airlifted to Turkey for medical treatment on...
JOHANNESBURG: Somali lawmakers representing their country at the Pan African Parliament on Monday lauded the Turkish government's decision to airlift injured victims of...
Luanda: Angola's new president unveiled a programme of corporate tax sweeteners on Monday intended to boost foreign investment and ease the oil-rich country's...
Mogadishu: At least 276 people have been killed and 300 injured by a massive truck bomb that tore through a busy shopping district...
MOGADISHU: At least 263 people were killed by twin bomb explosions in the hear of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, doctors said on Monday, confirming...
