DAKAR: Girls in conflict-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are joining armed groups because they cannot afford to go to school, while former...
DAKAR: Girls in conflict-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are joining armed groups because they cannot afford to go to school, while former...
DAKAR: Post offices across Africa are helping poor people in rural areas access financial services and provide a cheaper way for migrants to...
BISSAU: Guinea Bissau’s president said on Monday he would dissolve the government and appoint another soon, as part of a plan to end...
Kano, Nigeria: At least 10 people were killed and several injured Monday when police opened fire during clashes with pro-Iranian Shiites outside the...
Kaga Bandoro, Central African Republic: A month after rebels killed dozens of civilians in Kaga Bandoro, residents of the Central African Republic town...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Security forces opened fire on Shia Muslim pilgrims in northwest Nigeria on Monday, the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) said. People...
Mogadishu: The leaders of two neighbouring Somali regions have agreed to respect a ceasefire whose repeated violations have claimed some 45 lives in...
Banjul, Gambia: A photojournalist arrested on Thursday for snapping a crowd of ruling party supporters in Gambia was still being held at the...
JOHANNESBURG: At least four people have died and several properties destroyed after flash floods hit parts of South Africa’s Gauteng province late Wednesday,...
LONDON: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said on Wednesday she was saddened by the fact U.S. voters had not elected a woman president,...
Nairobi: Donald Trump has been called many things but arguably the most bizarre is "the white Malcolm X", a title inexplicably bestowed upon...
Marrakesh, Morocco: Climate change has made deadly heatwaves and hurricanes, along with droughts and flooding, both more frequent and more intense in recent...
ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: Over 30 UN peacekeepers were hurt in a blast which hit the eastern Congolese city of Goma, Tuesday...
Niamey: Five soldiers were killed and four are missing following an attack in southwest Niger on Tuesday, a security source told AFP. "This...
KINSHASA: A bomb attack on U.N. peacekeepers in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo killed a child and wounded 32 Indian troops...
Warri, Nigeria: Nigerian militants on Tuesday bombed a state-run oil pipeline near the southern port city of Warri, the second attack within a...
JOHANNESBURG: A far-left South African politician who wants to nationalise banks, mines and land said on Monday he would press the Constitutional Court...
BAMAKO: The Mali town of Banamba, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of the capital Bamako, was attacked late on Sunday and 21...
