Africa

Harare: Zimbabwe's government said it had dropped plans to cut public sector jobs and bonuses less than a week after they were announced, as activists...

Paris: Gabon's re-elected President Ali Bongo shrugged off international calls for a recount of last week's disputed vote, saying it was a matter...

Salaga (Ghana): The leader of Ghana's main opposition party, Nana Akufo-Addo, climbed from his car, picked up a microphone and made a bold election...

Wau (South Sudan): Dressed in a ripped T-shirt and shorts, 10-year-old Martin Andrea raises a toy AK-47 assault rifle made of long grass reeds to his...

Juba: Displaced civilians and religious leaders in war-torn South Sudan appealed to the UN Security Council on Saturday to urgently deploy extra foreign...

Mogadishu: The death toll from Tuesday's car bomb attack targeting two hotels popular with officials near the presidential palace in the Somali capital...

Mogadishu: At least 10 people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Tuesday when a car bomb claimed by Al...

Abuja: Nigeria would let Boko Haram choose a non-profit organisation as an intermediary in any talks on the release of about 200 schoolgirls kidnapped from...

Johannesburg: South Africa Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan may be charged this week for graft, the City Press newspaper reported on Sunday, citing senior...

Nairobi: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told African leaders on Saturday that his country will commit $30 billion in public and private support for...