Africa

Istanbul: Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir, who is wanted on charges of genocide and war crimes, attended on Wednesday an emergency summit of the...

Johannesburg: South African President Jacob Zuma has rejected local news reports that his office has started drafting regulations for a state of emergency,...

Addis Ababa: As soon as Ethiopian opposition activist Henok Gabisa read the email, he knew something was not right. With the subject line "Democracy in...

Nairobi: Burundi's government has launched a fundraising drive for elections in 2020, presented as "voluntary" but condemned by rights groups...

Juba: The death toll from inter-clan fighting in South Sudan's Great Lakes region last week - a new source of violence in a country devastated by a...

Nairobi: Kenya's opposition said on Sunday it had postponed plans to swear in its leader Raila Odinga as an alternative president, easing political...

Lagos(Nigeria): Idris Anjorin believes his life changed in 2009 when he turned up for work -- late as usual -- distracted and stressed after more than three...

Geneva: Conflicts, violence and disaster across Africa forced some 15,000 people to flee their homes every day in the first half of the year, international...

Geneva: Around $321 million in public funds stolen by former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha will be returned to the African country, Switzerland said on...

Harare: Zimbabwe's former vice president, who was on a trip abroad during last month's military takeover that led to Robert Mugabe's...