World / Africa

Nairobi:  Kenyan opposition chief leader Raila Odinga urged his supporters to stay at home on Thursday as the country forges ahead with a...

Nairobi: Kenya's repeat presidential election looked set to go ahead after a last-ditch bid to delay the highly contentious vote failed on Wednesday...

Lagos Nigeria: Six crew members of a German container ship have been kidnapped in waters off the southern coast of Nigeria, according to...

MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least one person was killed and six others wounded in a suicide attack targeting a police station in Somalia's northern...

NAIROBI: Kenyan police sealed off the Supreme Court building in the capital on Wednesday as judges prepared to hear a petition to delay...

Harare: An emergency tray at a public hospital in Zimbabwe stands empty, for medical supplies have run out -- one example why President...

Johannesburg:  South Africa's murder rate rose by 1.8 percent in the last year, with over 19,000 people killed across the country -- 52...

DAKAR:  African political leaders, activists, and local chiefs joined forces on Monday to commit to ending child marriage in West and Central Africa,...

Nairobi: Senior leaders of the Popular Forces of Burundi (FPB) rebel group were arrested in eastern Tanzania on Saturday and extradited to Burundi...

Abuja:  At least 13 people have been killed and 16 injured in suicide bombings in Maiduguri, the capital of northeastern state of Borno....

Geneva:  The head of the World Health Organization on Sunday reversed his decision to name Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador,...

Lusaka: The birthday of twins Karen and Kelly Junior will always be tinged by sadness as it also marks the day their mother...

Algiers: Algeria will host on Wednesday the first regional meeting of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) on the connection between the transnational organized...

Niamey: Twelve paramilitary police were killed Saturday in a fresh attack in Niger's restive southwest bordering Mali, the interior minister said. "There was...

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...