Africa

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Tunisia on Sunday, following a controversial presidential decree published in the early hours.

At least six people were killed after Cyclone Batsirai made landfall on Madagascar's coast, the disaster management agency said Sunday.

Rescue workers on Saturday inched closer to reaching a 5-year-old boy who has been trapped in an underground well in northern Morocco.

Mogadishu: A minivan was hit by a landmine on Friday in southern Somalia, killing 10 passengers, including five women and four children.Deqow Abdinur Aden,...

A landslide in the Ecuadorian capital Quito has left at least 24 people dead, city authorities said on Tuesday.

Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said stability was restored on Tuesday, after a suspected coup attempt in the country's capital, Bissau.

An oil spill in eastern Ecuador has affected part of a nature reserve in the Amazon rainforest and polluted a major river, the government said...

Cape Town: A man accused of starting a fire in South Africa's parliament, who also faces charges of terrorism, has confessed, media reported.Police said...

Kampala: Torrential rains, floods and a mudslide have affected 800 people in three sub-counties in the western Ugandan district of Kisoro, a relief agency...

Washington: President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate two career Foreign Service diplomats to become ambassadors to Sudan and South Sudan, the...