Africa News

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari voiced confidence Friday in free polls in February, brushing aside any impact from recent attacks on...

A Russian representative in the Central African Republic was gravely wounded Friday after opening a parcel bomb, Moscow's embassy said,...

Moise Katumbi, a businessman and former governor in the Democratic Republic of Congo, announced Friday he will stand in the...

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa sought to project confidence and authority on Friday at the opening of a ruling ANC...

The United States on Thursday committed another $2.5 billion in food assistance to Africa, pledging to help the continent cope...

The United States is committing support to promote sustainable safaris in Africa, hoping to prevent environmental destruction as the tourism...

Avid fans of the best-selling FIFA video game watched on a big screen as leading Senegalese gamers battled it out...

Asked what's on her wish-list for her tiny clinic, Tchimaden Tafa starts to reel off a long string of items...

The International Criminal Court will decide Thursday on an appeal by a Ugandan child soldier-turned-commander in the Lord's Resistance Army...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, said Wednesday that his uncle had been "murdered" by Eritrean...

The United States on Wednesday announced a $150 million initiative to bring power to hospitals in Africa, hoping to address...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday sought US help in pressing Ethiopia into an agreement on a mega-dam that...

The head of South Africa's beleaguered state-owned power utility Eskom, Andre de Ruyter, has resigned, the company said on Wednesday,...

Tunisian President Kais Saied defended his dissolution of parliament in a meeting Wednesday with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken,...

Untreated sewage flowing into the Indian Ocean has hoteliers in tourist hotspot Durban outraged as South Africa gears up for...

At least 166 civilians have died in clashes in South Sudan's far north over the past four months, the United...

Pope Francis on Wednesday called on people to spend less on Christmas presents and celebrations, and donate the money saved...

An Ethiopian man whose father was murdered during the country's war has joined a lawsuit against Meta that is seeking...

Egyptian artist Bahia Shehab had one goal at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt: to let people experience the "hell"...

Embattled South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has reportedly defused an impeachment proceeding against him following National Congress (ANC) parliamentary caucus....

The Sahel state of Niger is urging former soldiers and police to get back into uniform to help the years-long...

A Malian mother who gave birth to nine babies in Morocco last year returned home on Tuesday with her infants,...

Casting his gaze everywhere from a hilltop in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, warlord Janvier Karairi commands his forces in...

Ghana on Tuesday agreed on a $3 billion credit deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of the...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is embroiled in a scandal over an alleged cover-up that has imperiled his political future....

France and Morocco have a relaxed post-colonial relationship, but ties are still not without tensions that risk being exposed when...

Hundreds of Sudanese protesters took to the streets Tuesday to protest a recent deal aimed at ending the crisis caused...

The White House said Monday ahead of the US-Africa Leaders' summit that it was pledging $55 billion in economic, health...

The United States slapped sanctions on the son of Zimbabwe's president and three others for alleged involvement in corruption Monday,...

Guinea's former dictator Moussa Dadis Camara denied responsibility when he took the stand Monday at a trial of officials implicated...