JOHANNESBURG, Trumpeter, composer and singer Hugh Masekela, affectionately known as the 'father of South African jazz', has died after a long battle with...
JOHANNESBURG, Trumpeter, composer and singer Hugh Masekela, affectionately known as the 'father of South African jazz', has died after a long battle with...
Johannesburg: Pressure is mounting on South Africa's President Jacob Zuma to leave office, with the ruling ANC party confirming talks are underway over...
Nairobi: Four Somali men charged over an explosion at a coffee shop at Nairobi's international airport in 2014 were acquitted Monday due to...
Johannesburg: South Africa's ruling party confirmed Monday that discussions were underway on President Jacob Zuma's departure from office, possibly signalling the coming end...
Monrovia: Former international football star George Weah was sworn in as Liberia's new president on Monday, in the country's first transition between democratically-elected...
Kinshasa: Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo blocked the internet in Kinshasa and set up roadblocks throughout the city ahead of planned...
Monrovia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who shared the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize as a champion of women's rights, is stepping down after making history...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on Saturday it would work for close coordination between the party and the government,...
Niamey: At least seven Niger soldiers were killed and more than a dozen others wounded this week in an attack by suspected Boko...
JUBA: Seventy percent of South Sudan’s children are out of school and the young country risks losing a generation that would make it...
MUTARE, Zimbabwe: After years in which the disease presented only a limited threat, this city in eastern Zimbabwe is seeing a hike in...
Nairobi: The European Union late Wednesday suspended a large-scale water conservation project in Kenya after evictions of local indigenous people turned fatally violent...
NAIROBI: The Somali government responded to widespread criticism by aid agencies on Wednesday, promising to investigate reports that thousands of families fleeing drought...
Addis Ababa: Prominent Ethiopian opposition leader Merera Gudina was freed from jail on Wednesday after the government dropped charges against him as part...
Abidjan: There's nothing covert about Roxy -- a huge market in Abidjan selling counterfeit medicine, the scourge of Africa and the cause of...
Cotonou: Civil servants in Benin walked out on Wednesday, calling for the repeal of a new law banning them from taking industrial action....
East London, South Africa: The new head of South Africa's ruling ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa, pledged Saturday to "restore the credibility" of the party...
Accra: Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo on Saturday said Donald Trump's reported description of African nations as "shithole countries" was unacceptable, while his predecessor...
