World / Africa

Addis Ababa: The Ethiopian parliament on Thursday extended the country's state of emergency by four months, national broadcaster EBC reported, two weeks after...

JOHANNESBURG: Former South African anti-apartheid hero Ahmed Kathrada was laid to rest at the Westpark Cemetery in Johannesburg on Wednesday. Kathrada died on...

LAGOS, Nigeria: The leader of Boko Haram is “on the run”, Defense Minister Mansur Dan-Ali said Tuesday in a break with the government’s...

ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: Police on Tuesday confirmed the discovery of the bodies of two Europeans and one Congolese in the Central...

Khartoum: More than 60,000 South Sudanese have entered Sudan in the first three months of 2017, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday,...

Abuja: Nearly 270 people, most of them children, have died in the past five months during the latest meningitis outbreak to hit Nigeria,...

JUBA, South Sudan: Since famine was declared in parts of South Sudan a month ago, the United Nations children’s fund, UNICEF and partners...

JOHANNESBURG/PRETORIA: Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan flew back to South Africa on Tuesday, obeying an abrupt recall from President Jacob Zuma, and said he...

Bamako: Former rebels in Mali on Tuesday reversed a decision to boycott a national reconciliation conference after receiving assurances from the government, a...

LAGOS, Nigeria: At least 22 million children across four conflict-ridden countries are at risk of death as a result of sickness and famine...

LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s Senate chief has been named in a fresh corruption scandal, with the country's anti-graft agency accusing him in a report...

LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s Senate chief has been named in a fresh corruption scandal, with the country's anti-graft agency accusing him in a report...

Harare: At least 150 people have died of malaria in Zimbabwe over the past two months, with nearly 90,000 infections recorded, a government...

Harare: At least 150 people have died of malaria in Zimbabwe over the past two months, with nearly 90,000 infections recorded, a government...

Johannesburg: South African President Jacob Zuma has ordered his finance minister to return from an overseas investment trip, the presidency said Monday, fuelling...

ABUJA: Nigerian lawmakers summoned the attorney general, accountant general, minister of interior and four companies to appear before a committee of parliamentarians over...

Kano, Nigeria: Boko Haram Islamists raided a village in northeast Nigeria, in the latest rampage to steal food and medical supplies, as fears...

KHARTOUM, Sudan: Sudan’s opposition Popular Congress Party (PCP) has convened its first conference since the death of longstanding party leader Hassan al-Turabi last...