Nairobi: Kenya's new electoral commission was sworn in yesterday to replace a team forced to quit after violent protests by opponents who accused...
Nairobi: Kenya's new electoral commission was sworn in yesterday to replace a team forced to quit after violent protests by opponents who accused...
Kano: The death toll from a botched Nigerian air strike against Boko Haram that hit a camp for displaced people has risen to...
Maputo: At least 40 people have been killed and 76,000 others affected by floods and storms since Mozambique's rainy season started in October,...
DAVOS, Switzerland: When it comes to fighting malaria, Bill Gates and Ray Chambers are both inspired and concerned: With victory in sight, will...
DAVOS, Switzerland: In this Swiss Alps town where the global elite have gathered to debate the world’s problems, there seems to be little...
NDIAEL: The women of Thiamene, a tiny straw hut village in northern Senegal, used to scrape together a living by collecting wild baobab...
Banjul, Gambia: He rose from nowhere, but Adama Barrow -- an Arsenal fan who was once a security guard in London -- was...
Abuja: Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari's office said on Thursday he was to travel to London for health checks -- the second time in...
KAMPALA, Uganda: Hundreds of members of a Congolese rebel group have fled a military camp where they had been awaiting amnesty since the...
MOGADISHU, Somalia: Somali militant group Al-Shabaab killed a Ugandan soldier, according to a video released by the group on Wednesday. Al-shabaab has released...
BANJUL, Gambia: Gambia’s president-elect Adama Barrow will take the oath of office in Gambia when Jammeh’s term expires on Jan. 19 despite his...
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo: Thousands of Congolese people, including political and military figures flocked to the streets of major cities of the...
NAIROBI: Millions of Ethiopians face a hunger crisis for a second consecutive year after drought hit sub-Saharan Africa’s second most populous nation, the...
MOGADISHU/NAIROBI: Somalia risks slipping back into famine, the United Nations said on Tuesday, as worsening drought has left millions of people without food,...
LUSAKA: For Inonge Imutowana, buying food for her family of six is becoming increasingly costly. On the outskirts of the capital, a 25-kilo...
HARARE: A Zimbabwean activist pastor appeared in court on Wednesday after police arrested him for predicting that President Robert Mugabe would die in...
ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal: At least 26,000 people have fled Gambia into Senegal fearing President Yahya Jammeh’s decision to stay in power after losing an...
Banjul, GAMBIA: Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh has declared a 90-day state of emergency less than 48 hours before the inauguration of country’s president...
