Africa

Kinshasa: The first batch of 4,000 experimental Ebola vaccines to combat an outbreak suspected to have killed 20 people arrived in Congo's capital...

London: Two Britons and their Congolese driver held hostage in Democratic Republic of Congo have been released, Virunga National Park said on Sunday. Robert...

Kinshasa: The Democratic Republic of Congo and UN agencies began deploying emergency teams of specialists over the weekend to try to prevent the spread of...

Nairobi: At least 26 people were killed and seven others wounded in an attack in Burundi's north western province of Cibitoke late on Friday, less than...

Kinshasa: At least 17 people have died in an area of northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo where health officials have now confirmed an outbreak of...

Geneva: The French overseas territory of La Reunion is experiencing an unprecedented outbreak of dengue fever which could be spread by tourists to other...

Nairobi: Somalia should accelerate reforms of its army, its main foreign backers said on Wednesday after discussing slow progress in transforming the...

Johannesburg: Marine salvage experts are floating a plan to tug icebergs from Antarctica to South Africa's drought-hit Cape Town to help solve the...

Abuja: Nigeria's army says it wants to turn the Sambisa forest into a tourist destination. The plan, however, has a catch: the area is home to a vicious...

Johannesburg: Several thousand South African union members marched in Johannesburg on Wednesday to protest a proposed national minimum wage they called...