NAIROBI, Kenya: The Kenyan military Saturday said it had foiled an attack by al-Shabaab militants on a military base in neighboring Somalia, in...
NAIROBI, Kenya: The Kenyan military Saturday said it had foiled an attack by al-Shabaab militants on a military base in neighboring Somalia, in...
LUSAKA, Zambia: Zambia’s president Saturday demanded recognition that he won last year’s election and is the nation’s legitimate leader as preconditions for dialogue...
ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: President Joseph Kabila on Friday appointed a new prime minister, Bruno Tshibala Nzenze, frustrating the country’s opposition. President...
Dakar: Thousands of people took to the streets of the Senegalese capital Dakar on Friday to protest against President Macky Sall and call...
BANJUL, Gambia: In their first election since the fall of strongman Yahya Jammeh, Gambians have gone to polls on Thursday morning to elect...
Lokamarinyang, Kenya: In just a few years water, oil and money would flow. Roads, schools and hospitals would follow. Turkana's generations of poverty...
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s top court has dismissed an appeal by the department of environmental affairs to keep a moratorium on the domestic trade...
Gaborone: A 5-magnitude earthquake rocked Botswana Wednesday, with no injuries reported. The quake occurred in Letlhakane, 255 kilometers north of the capital, Gaborone,...
MOGADISHU, Somalia: Over 400 people, including children, have died from drought and a cholera outbreak since February in southern and central Somalia, the...
BANJUL, Gambia: A powerful West African economic bloc has sent 20 observers to monitor Gambia’s historic first elections since the fall of its...
Mogadishu: At least seven people were killed and 10 wounded on Wednesday when a car bomb exploded at a restaurant near the Somali...
Bangui, Central African Republic: With EU help, the Central African Republic is seeking to turn the page on years of bloodshed by retraining...
Lagos: Health workers in Nigeria on Wednesday began a mass vaccination programme to try to halt a mass outbreak of meningitis that has...
NAIROBI: Kenya’s electoral body on Monday said the opposition's plan to hold parallel vote tallying in Aug. 8 presidential election was illegal. Opposition...
KHARTOUM: The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has distributed humanitarian aid to 1,300 South Sudanese refugees in Sudan. The aid was distributed...
HARARE, Zimbabwe: The World Food Programme (WFP) and Zimbabwe’s government launched a $253 million, five-year plan to end hunger on Monday, amid claims...
LUSAKA: One man was killed in a confrontation between Zambia police and supporters of the five opposition political parties who attempted to attend...
MOGADISHU: A Turkish delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak arrived in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday. Kaynak and his delegation...
