Africa

Libreville: Gabon has postponed legislative elections set for December 27 until next July because of a lack of money, the interior ministry said in a...

Gao (Mali): Militants have struck two airports in northern Mali with an explosives-laden truck and rockets, residents and a security source said on...

Kigali: Rwanda has launched an inquiry into the possible role of at least 20 French military and other officials in the 1994 genocide, the prosecutor...

Johannesburg: South Africa's ruling African National Congress said on Tuesday its executive committee had stood by President Jacob Zuma in a debate...

Khartoum: Sudanese authorities seized the print-runs of four daily newspapers on Tuesday, staff said, a move one editor called a crackdown on coverage of...

Nairobi: A senior aide to Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza was injured in an attack on Monday night that also killed one of his bodyguards,...

Johannesburg: South Africa's scandal-plagued President Jacob Zuma has survived a move by some members of his party to hold a no-confidence motion...

HARARE: Zimbabwe launched a "bond notes" currency which held its value against the US dollar on Monday, despite warnings that it could cause...

Pretoria: South Africa's scandal-plagued President Jacob Zuma faces a no confidence vote on Monday by the ANC's National Executive Committee (NEC),...

Khartoum: Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped three workers from the United Nation's refugee agency in Sudan's restive Darfur region, a local...