Africa

Yaoundé: Power can be seductive, and many who possess it want to hold on for as long as possible. The leaders of China and Russia, for example, cleared the...

New York: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday condemned in the strongest possible terms an ambush on a patrol of the UN Mission...

At least 40 people were killed after gang members attacked displaced persons sheltering inside a church outside Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince, the...

Extremists attacked and abducted a number of worshipers in Nigeria's Niger State, authorities said on Saturday.Police said the armed men attacked a number...

Authorities in Kenya say that all seven people on board a safari helicopter — six passengers and a pilot — were killed on Wednesday when the chopper...

Authorities in the western part of the Central African Republic (CAR) say dozens of laborers were killed Tuesday afternoon when a landslide buried them at...

Nairobi: Five American nationals and Ecuador's intelligence chief Michele Sensi-Contugi were among seven people killed after a helicopter crashed in Kenya's...

Nairobi: The German Africa Foundation (DAS) is presenting the German Africa Prize to Wawira Njiru — a woman whose initiative has transformed schools meals...

Kinshasa: An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now killed 2,325 people, surpassing a previous record toll of 2,299 from an outbreak in...

Khartoum: Drone attacks continued across Sudan on Thursday for a second consecutive day, targeting the capital Khartoum and several other cities as...