Africa

Luanda: Fifty-one people have now died in a yellow fever outbreak in Angola, less than two months after it started spreading in the capital, the national...

Brussels: European Union foreign ministers said on Monday they were prepared to strengthen economic sanctions on Burundi following the failure of talks to...

Nairobi: A grenade attack on a military base in Burundi's capital killed a child and wounded his father and one other person, an official and witnesses...

Bangui: Central Africans cast their ballots on Sunday in an election meant to restore democratic rule, determined to turn the page on years of bloodshed...

Nairobi: Unidentified gunmen shot dead two people in an apparent targeted killing late on Friday in Burundi, where months of violence linked to the...

Bamako: Suspected militants attacked a UN base in the northern Mali town of Kidal with mortars and machine guns on Friday, killing three peacekeepers and...

Ouagadougou: An Australian woman who was freed by Al Qaeda after three weeks in captivity said on Monday her husband who was seized with her in Burkina Faso...

Niamey: An elderly Australian woman kidnapped with her husband in Burkina Faso by a group affiliated to Al Qaeda has been freed, neighbouring Niger's...

Lilongwe: As she walks along a dirt road in central Malawi, Louise Abale carries her precious maize wrapped in a brightly coloured cloth and balanced on her...

Lily Gold Mine (South Africa): Almost 90 miners were rescued and three other workers were missing after a cave-in at a gold mine in the northeast of South...