Goma: Sixteen people have been killed in three days of fighting this week that pitted the Democratic Republic of Congo's army against a...
Goma: Sixteen people have been killed in three days of fighting this week that pitted the Democratic Republic of Congo's army against a...
Today the countries of the Lake Chad region — Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria, donor governments such as Norway and Germany, the United...
Khartoum: President Omar al-Bashir has ordered Sudanese authorities to assist the delivery of international humanitarian aid to famine-hit South Sudan through the country,...
Johannesburg: The South African government on Thursday called for calm after a wave of xenophobic violence in which dozens of shops and houses...
NAIROBI, Kenya: Amina Bilan, 35, sat watching butchers in white coats working at a makeshift slaughterhouse in northern Kenya, her arms wrapped around...
Sudan: Sudanese authorities Tuesday rescued 29 hostages from a human trafficking gang in eastern Kasala province, said Sudan's news agency, SUNA. Among the...
Oslo: More than seven million people risk starvation in Nigeria’s insurgency-hit northeastern region and around Lake Chad, a senior UN official said ahead...
Kampala: The inauguration of Uganda's first gold refinery sparked concern Wednesday over the possibility of dirty minerals from regional conflict zones making their...
BANJUL, Gambia: Ebrima Sillah, a BBC correspondent in Gambia, narrowly woke up at 3 a.m. in alarm in a house in flames. “When...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday commended his countrymen for their prayers and show of support following concerns about his failing health. ...
BANJUL, Gambia: Gambian police have arrested the former head of the National Intelligence Agency, an institution accused of enforced disappearances and killings under...
LAGOS, Nigeria: At least 2,000 children were forcefully conscripted as combatants by Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants in 2016 alone, UNICEF said Tuesday as...
Juba: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir vowed that the government would ensure that aid reaches areas hit by famine after three years of...
LONDON: Britain will provide additional aid money to South Sudan, where famine has been declared in parts of the country, and to Somalia,...
JUBA: South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir yesterday promised aid agencies safe access to hunger-stricken civilians, a day after his government declared a famine...
Kampala: Ugandan authorities have seized more than a tonne of ivory, chopped into small pieces and treated with a chemical intended to prevent...
Abuja: Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari needs "further rest" so will extend his month-long medical stay in London, but there is "no cause" for...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria Monday threatened “dire consequences” if xenophobic attacks against its nationals continue unabated in South Africa, urging Pretoria to prevail on...
