Africa

Nairobi: The African Union (AU) will send 100 human rights monitors and 100 military monitors to Burundi, South Africa's president said on Saturday,...

United Nations: Angola said on Friday it has proposed that the United Nations Security Council impose an arms embargo on South Sudan, where more than 10,000...

Lilongwe: Malawi will cut the benefits enjoyed by cabinet ministers and top civil servants as the government works to rein in spending due to a foreign aid...

Masvingo (Zimbabwe): President Robert Mugabe marked his 92nd birthday at a nearly $1 million party organised by supporters on Saturday, drawing criticism...

Thies (Senegal): Ahead of a drill to teach West African police about forensics by blowing up a car filled with crash test dummies posing as suicide bombers,...

Nairobi: Burundi is to hold political talks to try to end months of violence, President Pierre Nkurunziza said on Tuesday after meeting UN Secretary General...

Kampala: Police arrested Uganda's main opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, for the fourth time in eight days on Monday, after an election that the United...

Kampala: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni extended his 30-year rule on Saturday, winning an election that international observers said lacked transparency...

Nairobi: Several lions who strayed out of a wildlife reserve on the edge of Kenya's capital and wandered into a residential area have returned to...

Kampala: Police on Friday arrested Uganda's main opposition candidate Kizza Besigye and fired tear gas at his supporters as early results from the...