KINSHASA, Congo: As Congo hurtles toward Sunday's already troubled election, the opposition on Tuesday urged mobile phone companies to disable SIM cards provided...
KINSHASA, Congo: As Congo hurtles toward Sunday's already troubled election, the opposition on Tuesday urged mobile phone companies to disable SIM cards provided...
BAMAKO, Mali: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a surprise holiday visit to Mali this weekend to see troops on a U.N. peacekeeping...
Bukavu, DR Congo: Four women and a child died when a landslide flattened their houses after heavy rain in Bukavu in eastern DR...
Nairobi: At least 17 people have been killed in western Kenya after a petrol tanker collided with a stationary minibus. St John Ambulance...
Antananarivo, Former president Andry Rajoelina on Friday took an early lead in Madagascar's election count with a clear advantage over his rival Marc...
KINSHASA: In his 74 years, Congolese historian Isidore Ndaywel has lived through independence from Belgium, two coups d'etat, multiple civil wars and three...
Addis Ababa: Police in Ethiopia's northern Amhara regional state have arrested a "doomsday prophet" who caused widespread panic over claims his village would...
KIGALI, Rwanda: At least two Rwandan civilians were killed and eight injured when attackers set fire to three passenger vehicles in the southern...
Kampala: Ugandan popstar turned opposition lawmaker Bobi Wine is in hiding after police raided a hotel he was staying in ahead of a...
Abuja: Leaders of countries in the Lake Chad region met on Saturday in Nigeria to give fresh impetus to their fight against Boko...
ADDIS ABABA: A military court in Ethiopia on Saturday jailed 66 soldiers for between five and 14 years for marching on Prime Minister...
YAOUNDE, Cameroon: A Cameroon official says two female suicide bombers have died after detonating in a northern town near the Nigerian border. The...
MOGADISHU, At least 11 Somalis were killed in the southern city of Baidoa on Thursday and early Friday in clashes between police and...
BAMAKO: Gunmen on motorbikes have killed more than 40 Tuareg civilians this week in north Mali, where clashes over land and scarce water...
NAIROBI, Kenya: Kenyan police officials on Tuesday said they have detained the man they believe to be responsible for the kidnapping of an...
DAKAR, Senegal: The death toll from Ebola has risen to 235 in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the start of an outbreak...
DAR ES SALAAM: Ten opposition parties in Tanzania say proposed amendments to a law governing political parties would criminalise their activities. Critics of...
Kano, Nigeria: Two soldiers were killed when suspected Boko Haram fighters loyal to factional leader Abubakar Shekau attacked a military base in northeast...
