JUBA, South Sudan: South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation blighted by over three years of brutal civil war, closed its southern border with...
JUBA, South Sudan: South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation blighted by over three years of brutal civil war, closed its southern border with...
JUBA, South Sudan: President Salva Kiir on Monday officially launched a much-awaited national dialogue initiative but barred his former deputy Riek Machar from...
Nairobi: German broadcaster Deutsche Welle on Monday demanded the immediate release of its Burundian correspondent who was arrested last week in the Democratic...
ALGIERS: Three Algerian officers were killed in a helicopter crash east of the capital Algiers on Sunday, according to the country’s defense ministry....
Abidjan: Africans are seeing a steady improvement in the quality of their lives, with some countries even nearing world averages, says a wide-ranging...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigerian government on Saturday reunited the 82 Chibok schoolgirls with their parents, two weeks after they were freed from their Boko...
NAIROBI, Kenya: The family of a soldier held by al-Qaeda-linked militants for over a year begged for his release on Saturday after terrorists...
BENGHAZI, Libya: The head of eastern Libya’s largest tribe was killed on Friday when a car bomb exploded outside a mosque on the...
LAGOS, Nigeria: Three suicide bombers on Friday detonated explosives inside a university campus in Nigeria’s northeastern state. The incident took place in Maiduguri...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: Ethiopia rejected Friday a European Parliament resolution calling for the release of "all arbitrarily detained persons" including prominent opposition politician...
LAGOS, Nigeria: At least $15 billion meant for purchasing military hardware have been diverted through a fraudulent and obscure arms procurement process between...
NAIROBI: An unidentified man threw a grenade into a house in Burundi's capital late on Wednesday, killing three people believed to be members...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: The Ethiopian Federal High Court has sentenced 23 individuals for up to 15 years in prison for plotting terror attacks...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: The Ethiopian Federal High Court has sentenced 23 individuals for up to 15 years in prison for plotting terror attacks...
MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least 11 people, including women and children, died over the last two days and more than 30 people were also...
NAIROBI, Kenya: Under fire for rising food prices, Kenya’s government Tuesday slashed the cost of maize flour, a popular staple. Willy Bett, Kenya’s...
MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least seven people were wounded, including government officials, in a bomb blast at a busy restaurant in southwestern Somalia Monday...
Kathmandu: A South African who attempted to climb Mount Everest without permission has been arrested in Nepal where he faces a $22,000 fine...