Africa

Kigali: Campaigning started on Saturday in Rwanda ahead of next month's presidential and legislative elections.Three presidential candidates are in the race...

Nairobi: A proposed finance bill sparked mass protests in the streets of Nairobi and across other cities in Kenya this week.Demonstrators, many of them...

Nairobi: One person was killed and at least 200 were injured in protests across Kenya, a police watchdog and rights groups said on Friday.The East African...

Lagos: At least 21 people have died from a cholera in Nigeria's densely populated Lagos State, a health official said on Thursday.The news came as the...

Nairobi: More than 200 protesters were arrested in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on Tuesday, amid ongoing demonstrations against proposed tax hikes detailed in...

Pretoria: The South African parliament re-elected the African National Congress's President Cyril Ramaphosa as president on Friday during the first sitting...

El Fasher: A leading rebel commander was among those killed in the besieged north Darfur city of El Fasher, the latest flashpoint in Sudan's ongoing civil...

 Cape Town: South Africa's largest political party, the African National Congress (ANC), has reached a deal to form a unity government with former...

El Fasher: The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution on Thursday calling on Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to halt the siege...

Mogadishu: At least 49 people lost their lives and 140 went missing after a boat which was carrying refugees and migrants from the Horn of Africa to Yemen...