Great Lakes region adopts common approach to deal with statelessness
Zimbabwe is to start paying compensation this year to thousands of white farmers who lost land under former president Robert Mugabe’s land reform nearly two decades ago, the government said, as it seeks to bring closure to a highly divisive issue.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday insisted his country was safe for travelers, after the kidnapping of a US tourist, but vowed to further strengthen security in national parks.
Sunday Times Political Editor Quaanitah Hunter says intelligence officials have been able to trace and confirm that foreign currency left President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla home destined for Swaziland.
The US on Sunday appealed for an "immediate halt" to a military offensive by Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, as fighting raged near Tripoli despite a UN call for a ceasefire.
Sudanese security forces on Monday fired tear gas at thousands of protesters who had massed outside the army headquarters in Khartoum for a second night demanding that President Omar al-Bashir resign, witnesses said.
President Paul Kagame said on Sunday that Rwandans had become a family again 25 years after more than 800,000 people were slaughtered in a genocide that shocked the world.
Franch President, Emmanuel Macron, says he wants to create a national day of commemoration for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has dismissed reports that South Africa was in the possession of 30-million-US dollars belonging to the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, hidden at former President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla home.
The head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has paid tribute to the more than 800 000 people who lost their lives in the 1994 Rwanda genocide. On Sunday begins a week of events and a 100 days of national mourning in Rwanda.
Sudan has seen months of mostly small but sustained protests against Bashir’s rule in which dozens of demonstrators have been killed.
Rwandans will gather on Sunday to begin a solemn commemoration of the lives of 800,000 Tutsiand moderate Hutus murdered during the Rwandan genocide, a three-month-killing spree that began 25 years ago.
Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih met with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss cooperation between the two OPEC member countries.
Nineteen people were killed when a truck veered off of the road in northern Nigeria's Katsina state, a road safety official said on Saturday.
The DRC declared its tenth outbreak of Ebola in 40 years last August in northeastern North Kivu province before it spread into the neighbouring Ituri region.
A Casablanca Appeals Court confirmed late on Friday the 20-year prison sentence against Nasser Zefzafi, the leader of protests that shook the northern Rif region in late 2016 and 2017, along with three other protesters, lawyers said.
UN chief Antonio Guterres pushed Friday to avoid a military escalation in Libya, as commander Khalifa Haftar's forces clashed with pro-government fighters south of the capital Tripoli.
Armed clashes broke out Friday south of Libya's capital Tripoli between a pro-government alliance and forces loyal to eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar, sources on both sides said.
Sudan's top opposition leader on Friday urged President Omar al-Bashir to end a state of emergency and resign, calling for widespread rallies the next day against Bashir's 30-year rule.
Tanzania's earnings from tourism jumped 7.13 % last year, helped by an increase in arrivals from foreign visitors, the government said on Friday.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is flying on Friday to eastern Libya to meet commander Khalifa Haftar, whose forces a day earlier began an offensive to take control of the capital currently held by an internationally recognised government.
Eight Kenyan families will sue US aircraft manufacturer Boeing for the deaths of Kenyans in March's Ethiopian Airlines Crash.
Jihadist group Islamic State said on Thursday it had killed 13 Nigerian soldiers and five troops from a west African anti-militant force in attacks over recent days.
Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar ordered his troops Thursday to "advance" on Tripoli, seat of the internationally-recognised unity government, as world powers warned of consequences for military action.
Boeing on Thursday said it would take "any and all" necessary safety measures to ensure the airworthiness of its jets following last month's deadly crash in Ethiopia.
Terror attacks in Kenya in January have not had adverse effects on tourism to the East African Country, that's according to Kenya's high commissioner to South Africa Jean Kamau.
United States (US) Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, expressed support for Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President, Felix Tshisekedi’s “change agenda” to tackle corruption, improve human rights and strengthen security during their first meeting.
Ethiopian Airlines pilots followed proper procedures when their Boeing MAX 8 airplane repeatedly nosedived before a March 10 crash that killed 157 people, Ethiopia’s Minister of Transport said on Thursday as she delivered the first official report on the disaster.
Kenya has closed one departure terminal at the Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi after a fire sparked by a baggage system malfunction forced authorities to evacuate passengers and staff, the state-run airports operator said on Thursday.
Four kidnappers stopped a group of tourists at gunpoint around dusk on Tuesday as they drove through the Queen Elizabeth National Park on safari to see wild animals.
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika ended 20 years in power on Tuesday after a final nudge by the military following six weeks of protests calling for democratic reforms after almost 60 years of monolithic rule.
