Africa

Over the weekend news broke of the killing of the Environment minister in Burundi Emmanuel Niyonkuru sparking fears of deepening...

The head of Gambia's electoral commission has fled to Senegal due to threats to his safety after declaring that President...

Mozambique's Renamo opposition party said on Tuesday it had extended a ceasefire by two months to allow talks with President...

Nigeria has urged "urgent" diplomatic action after one of its citizens died in a violent confrontation with South African police.

A former speaker of the Gambia’s National Assembly has appealed to President Yahya Jammeh to hand over power to President-elect...

The son of Equatorial Guinea's president was put on trial in his absence on Monday in France, accused of buying...

Lesotho taxi operators are accusing South African police officials of having financial interests in the taxi industry.

Favourable weather in Ivory Coast’s main cocoa regions bode well for the April-September mid-crop harvest.

Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh accused ECOWAS of declaring war, after it said it was putting forces on alert in case...

A group of former Nigerian militants said on Sunday it had lost confidence in the president's efforts to end attacks...

Burundi's Environment Minister was shot dead in the capital Bujumbura early Sunday, the first assassination of its kind since the...

Nigeria's government will seek a lasting peace settlement with militants in the oil-producing southern Niger Delta region in 2017, President...

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza says Burundian troops, who are in the African peace keeping mission in Somalia, AMISOM, would be...

Egypt began on Saturday handing over to their families the bodies of those who died when EgyptAir flight MS804 crashed...

Congolese President Joseph Kabila will step down after elections to be held by the end of 2017 under a last-minute...

Talks to ease Congo President Joseph Kabila out of power next year and quell protests over him overstaying his mandate...

Flooding this week in the Democratic Republic of Congo port city of Boma killed at least 50 people and left...

Tunisian authorities dismantled an alleged terrorist cell in the coastal, north-eastern province of Sousse, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF), along with the United Nations and other authorities, are preparing to receive the...

Dozens of Boko Haram fighters have given themselves up to authorities in southern Niger, the interior minister said.