World / Africa

LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria has denied claims ageing President Muhammadu Buhari is seriously ill or incapacitated, calling on the public to disregard mounting concerns...

NAIROBI: The number of Kenyans facing starvation has risen to 2.7 million in 2017 compared to 1.7 million last year, the government announced...

NAIROBI, Kenya: There is something startling about seeing Supergirl, Game of Thrones’ hairy barbarian Khal Drogo, Spider-Man, and Star Wars Stormtroopers, all made-up...

MOGASDISHU: Dozens of Somalis holding U.S. Green Cards and visas rushed to board flights bound to the United States Sunday after a federal...

ARU, Democratic Republic of Congo: A heavy rainstorm and winds in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo Sunday left over 1,000 people homeless after...

MOGADISHU: Al Shabaab militants in Somalia publicly beheaded four men accused of spying for the country's Western-backed government, the United States and neighbouring...

LAGOS, Nigeria: A former powerful Nigerian governor convicted in Britain on charges of money-laundering and corruption returned to Abuja on Saturday after serving...

LUSAKA, Zambia: An alliance of opposition political parties, NGOs, and religious movements Saturday blasted Zambia’s top law enforcement official for claiming the president...

Luanda: Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos confirmed Friday that he would step down ahead of elections due in August, signalling the end...

Kano, Nigeria: Ummi Hassan sat on the trunk of a felled tree, her eyes fixed on her bulging belly. She was just weeks...

JOHANNESBURG: At least 94 psychiatric patients died of negligence in South Africa last year after they were moved from a licensed home to...

Harare: The Zimbabwean pastor who led a surge of protests last year against President Robert Mugabe's authoritarian government was arrested at Harare airport...

LONDON: A drug widely used to cure malaria has failed for the first time in patients being treated in Britain, raising questions over...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: The 28th Summit of the African Union ended early Wednesday as it criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's ban on immigrants...

NAIROBI, Kenya: The Somali-based al-Shabaab militant group Tuesday released over 100 images claiming to show the aftermath of last Friday’s attack on Kenyan...

Nouakchott: Thousands of people gathered Tuesday in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott to demand the execution of a blogger convicted of apostasy as the...

LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria police have arrested 10 people for allegedly publishing and circulating a secessionist tabloid Biafra Times. Biafra refers to the secessionist...

DDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: African leaders have elected Guinean President Alpha Conde as new African Union chairman at a biannual summit in the Ethiopian...