Addis Ababa: A huge newly-built Ethiopian dam is cutting off the supply of water to Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, rights group Human...
Addis Ababa: A huge newly-built Ethiopian dam is cutting off the supply of water to Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, rights group Human...
NAIROBI, Kenya: The development of dams and plantations in Ethiopia’s lower Omo Valley, which have caused a drop in the water levels in...
BANJUL, Gambia: Gambia's new administration on Monday reversed course on withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC). A press release from the country’s...
JOHANNESBURG: U.S. President Donald Trump and his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma Monday agreed to strengthen bilateral relations and work together to address...
NAIROBI, Kenya: The World Bank Monday approved $250 million for a “climate-smart agriculture” project to boost agricultural productivity and build resilience to climate...
Banjul, Gambia: The Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh wielded a potent mix of brute force and mysticism to keep citizens in a permanent...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria has seized a home worth $37.5m allegedly owned by a former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke who has been under government...
Juba, South Sudan: A senior South Sudan army officer has tendered his resignation on Saturday and accused President Salva Kiir and his aides...
Cape Town: South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance said yesterday it was seeking a court ruling on the deployment of armed soldiers in parliament...
NAIROBI: Kenya said yesterday it was declaring a drought in the east African economy a national disaster, saying it had affected 23 out...
Abuja: More than 700 people took to the streets in the Nigerian capital Abuja yesterday to protest against the government’s economic policy in...
IIt was Ayodele Fayose, the Governor of Ekiti State, who first said everything under the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was becoming inconclusive. That...
JOHANNESBURG: South African police and military forces are deploying ahead of a speech in parliament by President Jacob Zuma, the target of protesters...
Banjul: The European Union announced aid worth ¤225m ($240m) for The Gambia's new government as President Adama Barrow said his nation was "virtually...
Bamako: Security forces were searching territory in Mali and Burkina Faso on Thursday for a Colombian nun kidnapped by self-declared jihadists, a Malian...
NAIROBI: A Kenyan court said on Thursday it would be unconstitutional for the government to close a sprawling refugee camp housing mostly people...
Nairobi: Police on Wednesday placed a bounty of 14 million Kenya shillings ($135,000) on seven terror suspects believed to be behind the murders...
MOGADISHU, Somalia: Some 328 lawmakers have elected Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo as Somalia's president after five hours of voting Wednesday in the capital Mogadishu....
