Nairobi: At least 20 people died when their homes were swept away after a dam burst in southern Kenya following heavy rains, police...
Nairobi: At least 20 people died when their homes were swept away after a dam burst in southern Kenya following heavy rains, police...
NAIROBI: A dam burst overnight in a Kenyan town after heavy rain, causing "huge destruction" and deaths, a government official said on Thursday....
Lagos: The death toll from a bloody clash between armed bandits and militiamen over the weekend in northern Nigeria has risen to 71,...
KAMPALA, Uganda: A wildlife official says a leopard has attacked and killed a toddler in a protected area popular with tourists. Bashir Hangi,...
NAIROBI: Kenyan lawyers have filed a lawsuit halting a government initiative to fast-track land titles by processing them online, which they say has...
BLANTYRE: Female candidates will pay 25 percent less than men to run for parliament in Malawi under a scheme to get more women...
KIGALI: Landslides caused by heavy rains killed at least 18 people in Rwanda's Northern and Western province over the weekend, pushing the death...
HARARE, Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's new president is rolling out freedoms as never seen before in the country recovering from the 37-year grip of former...
Beira, Mozambique: Mozambique's Renamo opposition party on Saturday named Ossufo Momade as its interim leader after veteran chief Afonso Dhlakama, who had headed...
Mogadishu: Armed men abducted a German nurse working for the International Committee of the Red Cross on Wednesday evening from a compound in...
NAIROBI: With their manicured nails, immaculate make-up and matching handbags and stilettos, you would be forgiven for mistaking the five women seated in...
KIGALI: Rwandan police have arrested 23 Congolese refugees after senior police officers and government officials were pelted with stones during a visit to...
Nairobi: Burundi on Tuesday launched the official campaign for a referendum on constitutional change that could enable President Pierre Nkurunziza to stay in...
Ouagadougou: Burkinabe authorities have arrested around 100 people and seized explosives in operations in eastern and northern regions near the Malian border where...
Harare: Zimbabwe has legalised production of cannabis for medicinal or scientific use, according to new regulations seen by AFP Saturday. A statutory instrument...
Cape Town: Seven people were killed in South Africa on Friday when a train ploughed into a pickup truck at a crossing where...
KIGALI, Rwanda: Mass graves that authorities say could contain more than 2,000 bodies have been discovered in Rwanda nearly a quarter-century after the...
ADDIS ABABA: Britain must permanently return all artefacts from Ethiopia held by the Victoria and Albert Museum and Addis Ababa will not accept...
