DR Congo police surround opposition HQ in ‘tomb row’
100 riot police surrounded the main opposition party HQ in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa on Tuesday,
Growing African repression causing migrant exodus: Oxfam
African countries are becoming increasingly repressive and causing more people to leave their homes,
Nigerian president to under-go ‘medical consultation’ in London
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari headed to London on Sunday for what his office said was a
Freed Chibok girls to meet Nigeria’s Buhari after swap deal
Eighty-two of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria in 2014
Deadly Tanzania school bus crash blamed on speeding
A bus crash in Tanzania that claimed the lives of 32 primary school pupils, two teachers and the
Mozambique’s gas boom dream under threat
The small, palm-fringed fishing town of Palma was meant to become a symbol of Mozambique’s
Growing African repression causing migrant exodus: Oxfam
British charity Oxfam has warned that African countries are becoming increasingly repressive and
Mozambique’s opposition extends truce as step to end war
Mozambique’s Afonso Dhlakama extended indefinitely a unilateral truce he first announced in
Politics, potholes and price drops: the story of Kenya’s crude
Kenya plans to export its first oil in June, despite analysts saying the test phase faces major
Black rhinos to come back home to Rwanda
Around 20 of Africa’s endangered Eastern black rhinos are returning in an “extraordinary homecoming”
1.4 million children acutely malnourished in Somalia this year: UN
Somalia, hit by drought and on the verge of famine, will count 1.4 million acutely malnourished
Memories of colonial abuse and lost prosperity haunt DR Congo town
In the Congolese town once home to the palm oil plantations of Anglo-Dutch conglomerate Unilever,
Thousands of Egypt Catholics gather for Pope mass
Thousands of Egyptian Catholics waving the colours of the Vatican flag gathered amid tight security
Pope Francis lands in Egypt in push for ‘fraternity’
Pope Francis landed in the Egyptian capital on Friday to promote “unity and fraternity” with Muslims
Zimbabwe, SA’s diplomatic row escalates
A diplomatic row has escalated between South Africa and Zimbabwe over Police Minister Fikile
Libya govt urges intervention over southern clashes
Libya’s unity government has called for urgent intervention by the international community to end
Risk rapidly rising of mass starvation in Africa, Yemen -U.N.
The risk of mass starvation in four countries, northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, is
At least 13 killed in Egypt church bombing
A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo, Egypt has killed at least 13 people and wounded dozens who
Pope Francis calls for peace in DR Congo
Pope Francis on Sunday called for peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, urging an end to the
56 jail terms for Egypt migrant shipwreck
An Egyptian court Sunday sentenced 56 people to prison terms of between seven and 10 years over the