HARARE, Zimbabwe: The water crisis facing Zimbabwe’s capital Harare has sparked fears of an outbreak of diseases such as cholera, which led to...
HARARE, Zimbabwe: The water crisis facing Zimbabwe’s capital Harare has sparked fears of an outbreak of diseases such as cholera, which led to...
Abalak, Niger: For people living in the small city of Abalak in central Niger, the abduction of a longtime US aid worker over...
Port-au-Prince: At least 100 inmates, some of them armed, escaped a Haitian prison near the capital Port-au-Prince during a mutiny, killing at least...
NAIROBI: 26 Asian sailors freed after more than four years of captivity in a small fishing village in Somalia arrived in the Kenyan...
Khartoum: President Omar al-Bashir on Saturday accused Amnesty International of spreading "lies" that Sudanese government forces had used chemical weapons against civilians in...
Nouakchott: A former Guantanamo Bay detainee from Mauritania who wrote a best-selling book about his experiences said Saturday he forgives those who tortured...
MOGADISHU: Somali pirates have freed 26 Asian sailors held captive in a small fishing village for more than four years since their ship...
Nairobi: In many parts of Africa albinos are stigmatised or hunted for their body parts, but for one night in Kenya those with...
Yaoundé: Fifty-five people were killed and almost 600 injured when a packed Cameroon passenger train derailed on Friday, leaving debris strewn across nearby...
YAOUNDE: Fifty-three people were killed and nearly 300 injured on Friday when a packed passenger train travelling between Cameroon’s two largest cities derailed...
QUITO: Mapping slum areas is critical if cities are to bridge the gap between the bustling, informal economies of their shantytowns and richer...
Aweil, South Sudan: A serious food crisis in the north of South Sudan is reaching critical levels, as a biting drought across much...
CAPE TOWN: South African police used rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades on Wednesday to disperse hundreds of student protesters demanding free...
Abuja: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met the 21 Chibok girls who were released by Boko Haram last week, pledging to "redouble"...
JOHANNESBURG: South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday his relations with President Jacob Zuma were very good and he was hard...
MOGADISHU: A suicide car bomb and gun attack in the Somali town of Afgoye on Tuesday killed 11 people, including government employees, an...
ABUJA/DAKAR: The 21 Nigerian schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram militants last week after two-and-a-half years' captivity urgently need support to reintegrate into their...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria, Mali and Somalia were Tuesday listed as “epicenters” of violent extremism in Africa by the UN Development Program (UNDP), the...
