NAIROBI: Kenya's president on Tuesday defended the high taxes the government recently imposed, calling them a "necessary sacrifice "in helping the country deal...
NAIROBI: Kenya's president on Tuesday defended the high taxes the government recently imposed, calling them a "necessary sacrifice "in helping the country deal...
Bamako: The United Nations mission in Mali officially ended a 10-year deployment in the country on Monday, its spokesperson said, in a pullout...
ABUJA: The 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has promised a gradual easing of sanctions on Niger based on outcomes of...
Port Sudan: Of nearly 25 million people in need, the United Nations has only been able to reach a fraction, according to the...
Abuja: West African leaders met in Nigeria's capital Abuja on Sunday for talks on their region in deepening crisis, after four countries fell...
Cairo: Polling stations opened on Sunday for Egyptians to vote in a presidential election overshadowed by war in neighbouring Gaza and with little...
Harare: Zimbabwe held crucial by-elections on Saturday with the opposition in turmoil after being excluded from voting lists and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's party...
Nairobi: Climate change caused by human activity made torrential rains that have lashed East Africa since October and killed more than 300 people...
Mahe Island, Seychelles: A huge blast at an explosives depot in Seychelles on Thursday injured dozens of people and brought down buildings, prompting...
Nairobi: Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan declared a state of emergency on Thursday, ordering all citizens except essential workers to stay at home, after...
Dar es Salaam: At least 65 people have been killed in landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rainfall in northern Tanzania, the prime...
Ouirgane, Morocco: Temporary camps set up following a deadly earthquake in southern Morocco three months ago are starting to look worryingly permanent as...
Nouakchott: A court inMauritania's capital Nouakchott on Monday sentenced former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to five years in prison for having abused...
Mogadishu: The death toll from the El Nino-induced heavy rains and flash flooding have killed at least 110 people and affected more than...
Kampala: A Ugandan woman aged70has given birth to twins, her doctor said Thursday, in what the mother hailed as a miracle. Safina Namukwaya...
Mogadishu: More than a million people have been displaced in Somalia after the country was hit by severe flooding caused by torrential rains,...
Abuja: Nigeria's president said Wednesday economic growth and national security were among his main concerns as he outlined his first budget since coming...
Freetown: Sierra Leonean authorities were treating clashes that killed 21 people in the capital Freetown at the weekend as a failed coup attempt,...
