Near the rusting carcass of a smelter, barefoot men and women scratch at the ground in the quest for cassiterite ...

A top Chinese lender has imposed "aggressive" repayment terms on a $200 million loan to expand Uganda's international airport, US-based ...

The scene has become all-too-common during Ethiopia's drawn-out war: thousands of Eritrean refugees, shell-shocked and separated from loved ones, fleeing ...

At least one Zimbabwean opposition activist was killed and 17 others were hospitalized on Sunday after violence broke out during ...

Talks between Chad's military-led government and armed rebel groups due to start Sunday in Qatar have been postponed, African diplomats ...

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday said his party had joined an opposition coalition ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections ...

What can be done to prevent Africa from becoming the world's biggest dumping ground for plastic? That's one of the ...

More than 100 nations convening in Nairobi next week are expected to take the first steps toward establishing a historic ...

Five Western nations urged Libyans on Friday not to drag the National Oil Corporation into political disputes that could threaten ...

A top court in Gabon has dismissed a bid by opposition figures for a medical assessment of President Ali Bongo ...

Five workers with the French medical charity MSF have been kidnapped in Cameroon's Far North, a region troubled by jihadist ...

Somalia on Friday extended its deadline to finish voting for the lower house of parliament, the latest in a series ...

The world has a rare opportunity to clean up the planet for future generations by uniting behind an ambitious treaty ...

Russia has been branded a pariah for invading Ukraine, but in the remote Central African Republic, the country has fans ...

A UN expert on Thursday urged Sudanese forces to stop firing live ammunition and tear gas at anti-coup protesters in ...

Two manga-like avatars lock swords against a comic strip backdrop, as Alexander Poone explains the different worlds of "The Traveler" ...

A commission created by the junta that seized power in Burkina Faso last month has proposed a 30-month transition period ...

Malawi said Thursday it will launch a nationwide polio vaccination campaign next month following the detection of its first case ...

Her tiny mouth is constantly open, trying to suck in air. Adama Assan is four months old, but tips the ...

Guinea-Bissau's former prime minister, Domingos Simoes Pereira, has been banned from leaving the country due to a probe into an ...

The Central African Republic (CAR) says it has launched an investigation into four French Foreign Legionnaires who are part of ...

Five Chadian soldiers have been killed by jihadists in the Lake Chad region, a vast marshland that has become a ...

At 47, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, has spent half his life hitting out at ...

Cyclone Emnati overnight lashed the island nation of Madagascar, still reeling from the impact of another cyclone earlier this month, ...

An award-winning Ugandan author who fled the country after being charged with insulting President Yoweri Museveni and his son has ...

Under the blazing sun, Salado Adan Mohamed puts the finishing touches to her makeshift shelter, cobbled together from branches and ...

The number of major wildfires worldwide will rise sharply in coming decades due to global warming, and governments are ill-prepared ...

The United Nations slammed baby formula makers Wednesday for "unethical" marketing strategies, accusing them of aggressively targeting expecting parents and ...

Eighteen civilians have been killed in two suspected jihadist attacks in the west of Niger near the Sahel nation's border ...

Thousands of Senegalese gathered on Tuesday for the inauguration of a 50,000-seater stadium aimed at making the country Africa's go-to ...