Ukara, Tanzania: Tanzania declared the whole nation was in mourning Sunday as the first dozen bodies were buried from a devastating ferry capsize...
Ukara, Tanzania: Tanzania declared the whole nation was in mourning Sunday as the first dozen bodies were buried from a devastating ferry capsize...
Nairobi: The death toll from a crowded ferry capsizing in Lake Victoria rose sharply to 207 Saturday, a Tanzanian minister said, as rescue...
KINSHASA, Congo: A Congolese woman who refused an Ebola vaccination and then disappeared has died near the heavily traveled border with Uganda, which...
NAIROBI, Kenya: A survivor has been found inside a capsized Tanzanian ferry two days after the disaster on Lake Victoria, an official said...
KAMPALA, Uganda: Hundreds of solemn people watched Friday as body after body was pulled from a capsized ferry that Tanzanian authorities said was...
DAR ES SALAAM, More than 100 bodies have been retrieved after a ferry sank on Lake Victoria, Tanzanian state radio reported on Friday,...
NAIROBI, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed a new finance bill into law, officially introducing a series of new taxes, including one on...
Nairobi, At least 79 people died when a ferry capsized in Lake Victoria, Tanzanian state media said Friday, citing a regional governor, as...
MONROVIA: Liberia has passed a landmark law that will help communities fight foreign land grabs by giving them ownership of ancestral territory, officials...
ACCRA: In a junk-strewn lot on the outskirts of Ghana's capital, weary-looking street vendors gathered to hear their leader Vida Tangwam passionately protest...
DAKAR: Burkina Faso police have arrested at least 28 people for female genital mutilation, the biggest crackdown to date, after 50 girls were...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigerian authorities say 100 people have died in flooding after heavy rains in recent days. A National Emergency Management Agency spokesman...
NAIROBI: International charity Marie Stopes on Monday denied promoting abortions to teenage girls in Kenya after the government banned a radio advertisement, saying...
DARGUE, Niger: Grappling with desert conditions, insurgency and decades of political instability, Niger has long struggled to feed its rapidly growing population. But...
Kigali: Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire was unexpectedly freed from jail on Saturday after President Paul Kagame permitted her early release, alongside two...
KIGALI: Rwanda has decided to immediately free Victoire Ingabire, an opposition leader jailed for 15 years, after President Paul Kagame exercised his power...
Harare: The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has risen to 25, the government said Thursday as the World Health Organisation...
SAN FRANCISCO: The outgoing mayor of Cape Town, known for averting a near catastrophic water shortage, said she hopes to leave office on...
