Africa

Lusaka: Zambia opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, arrested last week on suspicion of treason, was charged in court on Tuesday with trying to overthrow...

Nairobi: At least 14 people were killed in the South Sudanese town of Raga when fighting erupted between government forces and the main rebel group, a rebel...

Abuja: When 29-year-old Member Feese woke up in a London hospital one month after a Boko Haram bomb attack in Nigeria's capital Abuja blew off her left...

Lusaka: Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has been arrested and charged with treason for allegedly obstructing the motorcade of President Edgar...

Johannesburg: South Africa's top court said on Tuesday it would consider whether a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma should be taken...

Nairobi: At least 10 people were killed in the South Sudanese town of Wau on Monday, as ethnic militias went house to house searching for people from other...

Mogadishu: A car bomb targeting senior officials leaving a military base in Mogadishu killed at least 15 people and destroyed a minibus carrying civilians,...

Johannesburg: President Jacob Zuma said South Africa's fiscal policies will not change and that people should remain calm after its credit rating was...

Johannesburg: Senior members of the ruling African National Congress met on Monday to discuss the political fallout from South African President Jacob...

Bosasso (Somalia): Pirates have hijacked an Indian commercial vessel off the coast of Somalia, the second attack in weeks after years without such seizures,...