Dozens of Ivorian soldiers held in Mali and accused of being mercenaries have been charged with attempting to harm state security and remanded in cust…
Angola has entered the final stretch of the electoral campaign, in the upcoming general elections on the 24th of August. The outgoing president, João …
A Coptic Church in a densely populated area of Cairo. The scene of a fire on Sunday morning, in which at least 41 people died when it ripped through t…
Kenyans prayed for peace Sunday as they waited anxiously for the final outcome of a tight presidential race, with the two frontrunners neck and neck, …
Kholoud Massaed of the Hadaria tribe in Sudan vividly recalls the day her face was scarred with a sharp blade, an ancient practice that was once commo…
The United Nations Mission in Mali (UNMIS), which has been suspended for the past month, will resume troop rotations on Monday with a new approval mec…
In Kenya, water scarcity remains a challenge. The country is among the most water-scarce countries across the world. Rosario Kisui, who lives in Nairo…
Police officers and army troops patrolled Sierra Leone's capital Freetown after a demonstration organized by women on Wednesday to draw attention to i…
Anti-riot police took action as chaotic scenes unfolded at Kenya's national tallying centre at the Bomas of Kenya (a tourist village) late Saturday, h…
These elephants are the stars of the show at this reserve in Limpopo, South Africa. They take a moment to stop at the watering pond for a long, cool d…
The president of Sierra Leone blamed deadly protests this week on opposition parties, claiming Friday night that his political rivals had attempted to…
Acrid smoke billows from the mountain of waste at the Dandora rubbish dump in Nairobi. Plastic, glass, even medical waste - it's fresh pickings for th…
Burkina Faso's army will deploy a new strategy to push back jihadist insurgents and recapture lost territory, the defence minister said Friday. The la…
Africa's public health agency says the continent of 1.3 billion people still does not have a single dose of a monkeypox vaccine, but discussions were …
It was a family affair for Idris Elba at the world premiere of his new thriller "Beast" in New York Monday night. The British actor was joined at the …
Police arrested 20 people in South Africa on Thursday on suspicion of being among the "instigators" of riots that left more than 350 people dead in Ju…
Ethiopia has successfully completed the third phase of filling the reservoir of its mega-dam on the Blue Nile, despite protests from Sudan and Egypt, …
Ten years on from the massacre at the Marikana platinum mine in South Africa justice remains a distant prospect. The shootings, which killed 34 people…
Senegalese President Macky Sall's coalition narrowly won last month's legislative election, according to final results, but has kept its absolute majo…
At least 31 people are still being held hostage by gunmen who attacked a train in northwestern Nigeria in March, President Muhammadu Buhari said Thurs…
Deadly seasonal floods have collapsed more than 2,500 houses in eastern Sudan, state news has reported, adding that the situation has displaced thousa…
As counting continues in Kenya, TV stations have stopped broadcasting estimates of Tuesday's election results. The day after the polls, Kenyan televis…
Mali announced on Friday that it had "settled all outstanding debts" caused by sanctions imposed by West African states after two coups in the country…
Two Real Madrid teammates made the three-man shortlist announced Friday for the UEFA Player of the Year award for last season. The Spanish side was re…
A ship approached Ukraine on Friday to pick up wheat for hungry people in Ethiopia, in the first food delivery to Africa under a U.N. plan to unblock …
The Gambia suffered its worst flooding in “nearly half a century” late last month, killing 11 people and internally displacing more than 5,000, its di…
Germany announced Friday that it was suspending its participation in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali after the West African nation refused to gran…
Four police officers were killed Friday while overseeing a protest against insecurity in a major commercial hub, Butembo, in the eastern part of the D…
Guinea will prosecute former prime minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana over the alleged embezzlement of more than $4 million in public funds intended for…
Over 250 inmates of the over 800 who escaped from a prison in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo earlier in the wee have been captured by the securi…
Angola's main opposition party on Thursday denied it had received funds from the family of late president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, an allegation coinc…
The president of Somaliland says five people were killed in opposition protests over fears of a delayed election. This comes hours after police confir…
US secretary of State Antony Blinken boarded Thursday a plane to leave Kigali. It was his last stop on a three-nation tour of Africa where he articula…
For Moroccan farmers, the combination of inflation and drought are proving a major headache as prices for everything from fuel to fertiliser have rise…
A nationwide curfew has been declared in Sierra Leone, following massive protests in parts of Freetown and other areas in the Northern part of the cou…
Mali declared three days of national mourning to begin on Thursday after the deadliest recent attacks by Islamist militants. The army said an ambush S…
On Thursday, Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) had not yet declared the official results of the presidential race. Howeve…
There is no secure access to enter this rural South African town, similar to so many others. But very quickly, the uniqueness of Orania is obvious: he…
Africa's top public health body is hopeful South African pharmaceutical firm Aspen Pharmacare (APNJ.J) would get orders for its own brand COVID-19 vac…
US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, welcomed the engagement in direct talks between Rwanda and the DRC with a view to end the tensions between the …
Africa's national parks, home to thousands of wildlife species such as lions, elephants and buffaloes, are increasingly threatened by below-average ra…
South African prosecutors have charged seven self-employed miners with the rapes of eight women nearly two weeks ago in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesb…
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday in its latest report accused Cameroonian troops in the Northwest Regions of killing at least 10 people in a crack…
The cost of food has gone up significantly since the beginning of the year, leaving many people in developing countries not just hungrier, but also po…
European Union election observers say that elections in Kenya were marked by less tension compared to previous occasions. The observers however raised…
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced on Thursday that the second turbine at its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile is already generating…
Thousands of Sudanese demonstrators took to the streets of the capital, Khartoum, on Thursday to demand an end to military rule and claim better livin…
The crackling of the weapons, then the music plunges the audience into the action. Saloum is violent, funny and scary, all at the same time. A sort of…
The Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) announced the sacking of coach Vahid Halilhodzic. The Franco-Bosnian coach who has been in charge since August…
