Africa

Cape Town: Ebrahim Rasool, the South African ambassador to the US, returned to a warm welcome in his home country on Sunday.Rasool, who was expelled from...

Berlin: The German Foreign Office on Saturday said it would temporarily close its embassy in South Sudan's capital, Juba, in light of renewed and escalating...

Windhoek: The 72-year-old Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, nicknamed NNN, was sworn in on Friday as the first woman president of the southern African nation of...

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have taken control of the presidential palace in Khartoum, the local broadcaster in Sudan and international news agencies...

Brussels: The tensions had been building for weeks. But on Monday, the EU Council finally decided to impose sanctions on Rwandan military and government...

Khartoum: The current month of Ramadan marks almost two years of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces, or SAF, and the paramilitary Rapid Support...

Port Louis: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the President of Mauritius, Dharambeer Gokhool at the State House on Tuesday, where in a special gesture, he...

Port Louis: In a historic gesture, the Prime Minister of Mauritius, Navinchandra Ramgoolam has announced the highest award, The Grand Commander of the Order...

Geneva: The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) stressed the need for an urgent increase in life-saving support to refugees and displaced persons in Sudan...

Kinshasa: Another mystery disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo  has emerged, resulting in at least 60 deaths, health officials say.It...