Africa News

President William Ruto has recognized the coastal Pemba community that was initially stateless as Kenyans. In a gazette notice issued...

After fleeing the jihadists who threatened their remote village, Aichata Hassan had no idea that another mighty challenge lay ahead:...

Pope Francis embarks on his fifth visit to Africa on Tuesday, flying to the Democratic Republic of Congo and then...

With anti-France feelings running high in many of its former colonies in West Africa, Paris is being forced to retreat...

Rebels from the M23 group in Democratic Republic of Congo seized a town from the army as they continued to...

Hundreds of Tanzanians attended an emotional memorial ceremony on Friday for a student who was killed fighting for Russia in...

M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo clashed with soldiers and rival militias on Thursday, according to officials, who said the...

A newly released report has ranked Kenya as the 13th best-governed country in Africa according to a report released by...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Eritrea on Thursday for a one-day surprise visit, the information ministry announced, as...

Qatar is battling to host a peace meeting between the presidents of rivals DR Congo and Rwanda, even though a...

Egypt unveiled Thursday a gold-laced mummy and four tombs, including of an ancient king's "secret keeper", discovered in the Saqqara...

A red shipping container lies in a school playground in a small South African town. The imposing steel structure has...

France said on Thursday that it was recalling its ambassador from Burkina Faso "for consultations," a day after agreeing to...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited neighboring Sudan on Thursday for meetings with army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, his first...

The United States called Wednesday for an impartial probe in Eswatini into the killing of a top opposition leader and...

Oumar left home in Guinea five years ago in search of a better life in Europe, but today he inhabits...

Relatives of passengers who died in the twin Boeing 737 MAX crashes are scheduled to confront the airplane maker Thursday...

Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan next week, delivering a message of peace and...

President William Ruto has challenged African leaders to take the discourse on agriculture beyond production to value addition and manufacturing....

Mauritania's ex-president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz went on trial on Wednesday, accused of amassing an illicit personal fortune from his...

Several thousands of people took to the streets in South Africa on Wednesday to protest a prolonged energy crisis that...

Soweto is full of gritty urban landscapes and alleys which evoke its history as one of apartheid's battlegrounds. Yet there...

In DR Congo's bustling capital Kinshasa, the faithful are flocking to impromptu market stalls in churchyards to buy t-shirts and...

Tanzanian opposition stalwart Tundu Lissu arrived back in his homeland on Wednesday after spending most of the past five years...

The Rwandan government said a fighter jet from the Democratic Republic of Congo violated its airspace on Tuesday as tensions...

Moroccan lawmakers on Monday voted unanimously to review ties with the European Parliament, accusing it of meddling after a resolution...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni agreed Monday to strengthen energy cooperation with Africa's top gas exporter Algeria, the latest European...

South Africa said on Monday it was "friends" with Russia, as it hosted Russia's top diplomat for a visit that...

The Burkina Faso government clarified on Monday that it has asked ex-colonial ruler France to pull its troops out of...

Suspected Allied Democratic Forces fighters have killed at least twenty-three people in an attack in eastern DR Congo, local officials...