Monrovia: Former international football star George Weah was sworn in as Liberia's new president on Monday, in the country's first transition between democratically-elected...
Monrovia: Former international football star George Weah was sworn in as Liberia's new president on Monday, in the country's first transition between democratically-elected...
Kinshasa: Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo blocked the internet in Kinshasa and set up roadblocks throughout the city ahead of planned...
Monrovia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who shared the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize as a champion of women's rights, is stepping down after making history...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on Saturday it would work for close coordination between the party and the government,...
Niamey: At least seven Niger soldiers were killed and more than a dozen others wounded this week in an attack by suspected Boko...
JUBA: Seventy percent of South Sudan’s children are out of school and the young country risks losing a generation that would make it...
MUTARE, Zimbabwe: After years in which the disease presented only a limited threat, this city in eastern Zimbabwe is seeing a hike in...
Nairobi: The European Union late Wednesday suspended a large-scale water conservation project in Kenya after evictions of local indigenous people turned fatally violent...
NAIROBI: The Somali government responded to widespread criticism by aid agencies on Wednesday, promising to investigate reports that thousands of families fleeing drought...
Addis Ababa: Prominent Ethiopian opposition leader Merera Gudina was freed from jail on Wednesday after the government dropped charges against him as part...
Abidjan: There's nothing covert about Roxy -- a huge market in Abidjan selling counterfeit medicine, the scourge of Africa and the cause of...
Cotonou: Civil servants in Benin walked out on Wednesday, calling for the repeal of a new law banning them from taking industrial action....
East London, South Africa: The new head of South Africa's ruling ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa, pledged Saturday to "restore the credibility" of the party...
Accra: Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo on Saturday said Donald Trump's reported description of African nations as "shithole countries" was unacceptable, while his predecessor...
Nairobi, Africans have reacted angrily after US President Donald Trump reportedly referred to their nations as "shithole countries", with many accusing the US...
Paris: Christians were targeted in a growing number of killings and other attacks around the world last year, especially in Nigeria, Pakistan and...
Yaoundé: Forty-three gold diggers died in abandoned mines in Cameroon in the first 10 months of last year, a watchdog group said Wednesday....
ABIDJAN: Soldiers in Ivory Coast’s second largest city looted weapons from the base of an elite military unit overnight before setting it on...
