Africa

Freetown: Sierra Leone voted on Saturday in a poll delayed by fraud allegations to choose a successor to President Ernest Bai Koroma who leaves a country...

Gaborone: Ian Khama, a retired army general, stepped down as president of Botswana on Saturday, handing the diamond-rich country to his deputy after a...

Goma: Rebels are suspected of killing at least 11 civilians in an attack in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said on Wednesday, adding...

Accra: Thousands of people protested in Ghana's capital Accra on Wednesday against the expansion of its defence cooperation with the United States, in a...

Addis Ababa: Ethiopia's ruling coalition voted in Abiye Ahmed as new prime minister following the resignation of Hailemariam Desalegn last month, the...

Nairobi: The lawyer of an opposition politician of dual Kenyan and Canadian citizenship said on Tuesday his client was detained by police at Nairobi airport...

Johannesburg: South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma was due to appear in court on April 6 to face charges of corruption in a years-old $2.5 billion...

Mogadishu: A suicide car bomber blew himself up at a checkpoint near Somalia's parliament and interior ministry in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, and...

Abuja: Nigeria's government is in talks with militant group Boko Haram about a possible ceasefire and the talks have been going on for some time,...

Okanauytoni (Angola): Apart from a few packs of medicine and plastic jars, the shelves at the Okanautoni health centre in southern Angola are bare and lack...