Africa

Johannesburg: South African President Jacob Zuma has denied owning a "palace" in the United Arab Emirates, his office said on Sunday, after local...

Nairobi: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta kicked off his official campaign for reelection with a rally in Nairobi on Monday, echoing a call by main...

Johannesburg: South Africa's ruling African National Congress said on Monday its executive committee stood by President Jacob Zuma after some top...

Nairobi: Eight Kenyan security officers were killed in two separate roadside bombings in eastern Kenya on Wednesday, senior officials said, underscoring the...

Abidjan:Three demobilised ex-rebel fighters were killed in Ivory Coast's second-biggest city of Bouake on Tuesday, as they clashed with police...

Juba: The president of war-ravaged South Sudan declared a unilateral ceasefire on Monday and promised to release political prisoners, but with no sign of a...

Kinshasa: Supporters of a jailed Christian sect leader attacked the prison holding him in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, freeing him and about...

Mogadishu: Three soldiers died when a car bomb exploded while they were trying to defuse it on Wednesday in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police and the...

Bouake (Ivory Coast): The leaders of a nationwide military mutiny in Ivory Coast have accepted a government proposal on bonus payments and agreed to return...

Johannesburg: South Africa's top court heard arguments from opposition parties on Monday to allow a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma...