GENEVA: The World Health Organization’s battle to eradicate Guinea worm is being hampered by conflict and infections in dogs but cases have fallen...
GENEVA: The World Health Organization’s battle to eradicate Guinea worm is being hampered by conflict and infections in dogs but cases have fallen...
Banjul, Gambia: The goalkeeper of the Gambia's national women's football team died crossing the Mediterranean in the hope of starting a new life...
Kampala: A day after Uganda's president ordered the closure of one of Africa's oldest universities, 23-year old Gabriel Deng was hurriedly stuffing his...
PRETORIA: South African opposition parties, civic groups, unions and businesses marched in the capital Pretoria on Wednesday in a protest against President Jacob...
Dakar: Intimidation of opposition parties, media repression and politicised security forces have "all but extinguished" the chance of a free and fair election...
Niamey: At least 18 people were killed and dozens wounded in clashes in Niger between cattle herders and farmers, officials said, adding that...
HARARE: A Zimbabwean cabinet minister on Tuesday accused Robert Mugabe’s deputy of using state institutions to try to arrest him and further his...
Bangui, Central African Republic: Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on the United Nations to boost security forces in the Central African Republic,...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Just days after weekend suicide bombings, at least four people were killed in an explosion on a minibus just outside the...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Tuesday announced a cabinet reshuffle weeks into a state of emergency that followed waves...
Lagos: Boko Haram killed nine people, including five soldiers, over the weekend in an ambush on Nigerian troops in Nigeria's northeast, the army's...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Witnesses say Nigerian troops shot a man with explosives strapped to his torso trying to enter a refugee camp in northeastern...
ABIDJAN: Voters in Ivory Coast cast their ballots on Sunday in a referendum to decide whether to approve a new constitution that President...
Kano, Nigeria: Two suicide bombings rocked Nigeria's northeast city of Maiduguri on Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring scores of others,...
Nairobi: A man was shot and killed by Kenyan police outside the US embassy in the capital Nairobi on Thursday after stabbing an...
Tripoli: The Libyan navy said Thursday that almost 100 migrants were missing after their Europe-bound boat sank off the country's coast, while 29...
Pibor, South Sudan: Some 145 child soldiers fighting for two rebel groups in South Sudan have been released, UNICEF has announced. This is...
Dakar: The Gambia has become the latest African nation to announce its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, accusing the war crimes tribunal...
