Africa

The ANC on Tuesday sent condolences to Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and her family after her husband, well-known academic...

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattahal-Sisi will pick a chairman and members of a new media council under a law passed on Monday,...

A suicide bomber attacked a cattle market on Monday in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria, the city worst hit in the...

At least 30 Ugandan members of a village football team and their fans drowned on Sunday when their boat capsized...

Egypt confirmed on Sunday that it had arrested an Al Jazeera news producer, accusing him of "provoking sedition" on behalf...

A suicide bomber in northern Cameroon killed a young student and a woman in an attack on a market full...

Nigeria's army has captured a key Boko Haram camp, the Islamist militant group's last enclave in the vast Sambisa forest...

Political parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo say a breakthrough is imminent following their talks to bring political stability...

A group of 21 Chibok schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram militants in October after two-and-a-half years in captivity in northeastern...

Congolese politicians have agreed in principle to a deal under which President Joseph Kabila leaves office by the end of...

An airliner on an internal flight in Libya was hijacked by a man claiming to have a hand grenade on...

An Afriqiyah Airways plane that was hijacked on Friday during an internal Libyan flight was diverted towards Malta

West Africa's regional bloc has put standby forces "on alert" in case Gambian president Yahya Jammeh does not step down.

Congolese Nationals in South Africa will be approaching Ipid to investigate police brutality.

DRC Ambassador to South Africa, Bene M'poko, says the electoral commission with the support of President Joseph Kabila decided that...

An explosion at a busy checkpoint in Somalia's capital killed at least 13 people and injured dozens on Saturday, a...