Africa

Muscat: From June 1, visitors to the Republic of Tanzania will no longer be able to bring plastic bags into the country, the Tanzanian Government has...

Cairo: Sudan's military rulers and protest leaders on Wednesday agreed on a three-year transition period for the transfer of power to a full civilian...

Cairo: Six people, including an army officer, were killed by heavy gunfire in the capital of Sudan, State TV media reported on Tuesday. State TV confirmed...

Rabat: Over one million people visited heritage sites in Morocco during the first four months of the year, the country's Ministry of Culture...

Johannesburg: South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has won country's national election, receiving 57.51 percent of votes according...

Kinshasa/Nairobi: An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 1,000 people, according to the...

Khartoum: Sudan's acting Attorney General Al-Waleed Sid-Ahmed Mahmoud ordered the judiciary to question ousted President Omar al-Bashir on charges of...

Maputo: The World Bank announced that it had mobilised over half a billion dollars in new resources to help people in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe...

Cairo: An Egyptian-Italian archaeological mission unearthed an ancient Greco-Roman era tomb in Egypt's southern province of Aswan, the country's...

Geneva: The UNHCR, government of Mozambique and other stakeholders have begun relocating families displaced by Cyclone Idai to areas closer to their places...