Abuja: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari declared Monday he would seek re-election next year, in a move that put an end to months of...
Abuja: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari declared Monday he would seek re-election next year, in a move that put an end to months of...
Accra: Six miners were killed and two injured when the roof of a tunnel collapsed at a gold mining site operated by US-based...
Johannesburg: In life, Winnie Mandela was known as a brave anti-apartheid activist whose reputation was badly tainted by criminal convictions and thuggish gang...
DAKAR, Senegal: Amnesty International says a mass grave has been discovered in central Mali days after arrests by the military and as attacks...
JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela ducked out of an arranged marriage when he was a student, then went on to wed three times. His first...
JOHANNESBURG: Hailed as mother of the 'new' South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's legacy as an anti-apartheid heroine was undone when she was revealed to...
Johannesburg: Winnie Mandela, the former wife of South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, died on Monday aged 81, triggering an outpouring of tributes...
Kano, Nigeria: Boko Haram fighters attacked a military base and two surrounding villages near the flashpoint Nigerian city of Maiduguri overnight, killing at...
GABORONE: Botswana's new president, sworn in on Sunday as the landlocked country's fifth post-colonial leader, said he would give priority to tackling youth...
Harare: Illegal gold miners in Zimbabwe have seized a farm belonging to former first lady Grace Mugabe, local media reported, just four months...
Addis Ababa, More than 1,100 people have been arrested in Ethiopia since the nation declared a state of emergency following the prime minister's...
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone: Polls opened Saturday morning in Sierra Leone's runoff presidential election, which had been delayed by a few days after a...
BAMAKO, Mali: Gunmen killed one person and wounded two others in an attack on a hotel frequented by aid workers and businessmen in...
Niamey: At least five civilians were killed and several others wounded in an attack by suspected Boko Haram militants in southeast Niger, near...
Abidjan: "Drones have become my passion," says Noursely Doumbia, who holds a degree in electronics and is currently learning to pilot drones as...
Harare, Zimbabwean police are investigating former ruler Robert Mugabe's wife Grace, accused of smuggling ivory worth millions to underground foreign markets, a state-owned...
Kano, Nigeria: Residents of the Nigerian town of Dapchi were hoping Sunday for the release of the last schoolgirl, who is also a...
NAIROBI, Kenya: Lawyers for Kenya's opposition are poring through a British broadcaster's investigation to see whether legal action is possible against data analytics...
