Africa

Maiduguri(Nigeria): Many people are feared dead after a militant attack on the northeast Nigerian town of Gudumbali, two residents and a vigilante said on...

Johannesburg: At least eight people were killed in an explosion at a South African munitions depot in Somerset West, near Cape Town, but the cause of the...

Harare: Zimbabwe is donating 10 white rhinos to Democratic Republic of Congo to re-establish a population driven to extinction by poachers a decade ago,...

Maiduguri: Militants have killed up to 30 soldiers in an attack on a military base in northeast Nigeria, security sources said on Saturday, in one of the...

Mogadishu: At least six people were killed when a suicide car bomb struck a local government office in central Mogadishu on Sunday, destroying the building...

Harare: Emmerson Mnangagwa urged Zimbabwe to unite behind his presidency on Sunday, as he took the oath of office following a divisive election that US...

Harare: Zimbabwe's main opposition leader said on Saturday he had a legitimate claim to lead the southern African nation after rejecting a court ruling...

Bamako: Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has won re-election "comfortably" based on his campaign's vote count, his spokesman said on...

Addis Ababa: Ethiopia has released thousands of prisoners as a new prime minister reverses decades of security abuses. No-one knows how many were...

Bamako: Voters stayed away in droves from Mali's run-off presidential election due to fears over security and simple apathy, but the voting process was...