NAIROBI: Burundi's government refused on Thursday to cooperate with a U.N. inquiry into months of political violence, saying accusations of abuses by its ...
NAIROBI: Burundi's government refused on Thursday to cooperate with a U.N. inquiry into months of political violence, saying accusations of abuses by its ...
BANJUL, Gambia: While state media in Gambia is government controlled and the private media practices self-censorship, political opponents of the small West African...
Yaoundé: Two female bombers were thwarted as they tried to stage a double suicide attack in Cameroon's Far North Thursday, with one blowing...
Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast: Plucked out of poverty, 1,000 children in Ivory Coast are being given a unique chance to learn golf, and 10-year-old...
Khartoum: Around 300 Sudanese students and schoolchildren marched in the capital Khartoum on Thursday, defying government efforts to quell persistent protests against fuel...
DAKAR: At the top of a hill in the heart of Senegal’s largest rubbish dump, 47-year-old Didou Farai watched as hundreds of workers...
LAGOS, Nigeria: At least 128 police personnel have lost their lives within three months in clashes with “religious bigots, bandits and militants” in...
Warri, Nigeria: Gunmen have killed four guards at a facility operated by the Nigerian subsidary of Italian group Eni, local and security officials...
Johannesburg: American rapper Mos Def will not face charges in South Africa for using a so-called "world passport" but will be banned from...
Khartoum: Eight people arrested in Sudan for allegedly protesting against a government decision to raise fuel prices went on trial in the capital...
JOHANNESBURG: Riek Machar, South Sudan’s ex-First Vice President-turned-rebel leader was denied entry into Khartoum airport in Sudan, a military spokesman for his rebel...
Bangui, Central African Republic: The UN peacekeeping force in Central African Republic (CAR) said Tuesday one of its bases had come under fire...
Dakar/Nairobi: Above the sacks of seeds and coal, three kerosene lamps gather dust in the tiny shed that Kenyan chicken farmer Bernard calls...
Johannesburg: A self-styled prophet in South Africa on Monday defended spraying his followers in the face with insect killer saying the practice healed...
Nairobi: Twenty-six poachers have been caught at night after a new thermal and infrared camera and software system was introduced in Kenya's famed...
NAIROBI: Issac Muasa decided to give up his life of crime on Kenya’s streets in the instant he saw a speeding police car...
JUBA, South Sudan: Japanese peacekeepers, with a broader mandate to use force, landed in South Sudan Monday, the first overseas deployment of the...
Bamako: Alleged jihadists killed five Malian soldiers transporting ballot boxes while a civilian also died in separate attacks aimed at sabotaging Mali's municipal...
