Africa

Cotonou: Benin held an election on Sunday to choose a successor to President Thomas Boni Yayi who is stepping down after two terms, leaving 33 candidates to...

N'djamena: Defence ministers from West Africa's arid Sahel region have agreed to work together to establish special rapid reaction forces to counter...

Harare: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says his successor must be chosen democratically and that his wife will not automatically inherit the role, a...

Harare: Zimbabwe's former vice president Joice Mujuru launched a new party to challenge her ally-turned-adversary Robert Mugabe, promising to revive the...

Nairobi: Two lions were spotted close to a highway in the Kenyan capital on Monday, the second time this month that lions have strayed from a wildlife...

Mogadishu: Somalia's Al Shebaab extremist group bombed a busy junction and a nearby restaurant on Sunday in the town of Baidoa, killing at least 17...

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...