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Pretoria: South Africa needs six months to demonstrate the effectiveness of two new laws that aim to curb money laundering and financing of...

Malabo, Equatorial Guinea: The death toll from an outbreak of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea has reached nine, the health ministry told AFP...

Dakar: Senegalese authorities said on Tuesday they had arrested four members of a group that sought to prevent the trial of opposition leader...

Accra: Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday stepped through the black doors of a colonial-era seaside fort and down into the dungeons, touring...

Accra: US Vice President Kamala Harris met with Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday, bringing an aid package to shore up security, economic...

Kinshasa: At least 17 people were killed by rebels in eastern Congo, local authorities said on Monday. The people were abducted while driving...

Geneva: UN-backed human rights experts said on Monday there is evidence that crimes against humanity have been committed against Libyans and migrants in...

Tunis: Tunisia on Monday called for a "constructive discourse" from the European Union after a string of leaders warned the country is facing...

Ouagadougou: The military junta in Burkina Faso on Monday suspended all broadcasts by the France 24 news channel in the west African country...

Tunis: Tunisia's coastguard said on Sunday the bodies of 29 migrants from sub-Saharan African countries had been recovered after three vessels capsized, the...

Cairo: UN inspectors visiting southern Libya found drums containing natural uranium reported missing earlier this month in the chaos-stricken country, the UN nuclear...

Mogadishu: At least 14 people have been killed in southern Somalia after torrential rains triggered flash floods that have caused havoc in several...

Dakar: The number of people killed in Mali continued to increase in 2022, a UN report said on Wednesday, also linking more than...

Kampala: Uganda has ordered health officials to step up screening along its border with Tanzania following a deadly outbreak of the Marburg virus...

LONDON:A senior Nigerian politician and his wife were found guilty on Thursday of conspiring to transport a street trader to the U.K. as...

NAIROBI, Kenya: Equatorial Guinea has confirmed another eight cases of the "highly virulent” Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever with no authorized vaccine...

Ouagadougou: An army convoy has delivered desperately-needed supplies to a northern Burkina Faso city that has been blockaded by jihadists for months, locals...

Niamey: Niger's army said its troops had killed around 20 jihadists and arrested 83 others in an operation against militants on its southeastern...