Africa News

Ademola Lookman scored twice for a third straight Serie A match, overshadowing fellow Nigeria international Victor Osimhen at the weekend in...

Burkina Faso has asked France to move its troops out of the country within a month, according to a letter...

Burkina Faso asked France to move its troops out of the country within a month, according to a diplomatic letter...

Gunmen in Eswatini killed a prominent opposition politician and human rights lawyer at his home, a spokesman told AFP on...

Major Arab states boycotted a ministerial meeting hosted by Libya's interim government on Sunday, with just five of the Arab...

A vast belt of trees vital for global production of fizzy drinks helps Sudanese farmers adapt to climate change, but...

Eritrean forces have been leaving towns in the war-torn region of Tigray, locals told AFP, as the United States hailed...

Burkina Faso's military regime told France it wants its troops stationed in the country to leave within a month, the...

Wearing ceremonial animal hides, bone necklaces and brandishing spears, the Zulu warriors prepared for battle against the British redcoats on...

Tanzania's main opposition party held Saturday its first mass rally since the lifting of a ban imposed in 2016, raising...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Saturday the histories of the United States and Africa were "intimately connected" by the "tragedy"...

Plainclothes security officers in Tunisia detained a prominent critic of President Kais Saied in the early hours of Saturday after...

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday touted the fruits of a new "mutually beneficial" economic strategy towards Africa, contrasting...

Four suspected jihadist attacks have left around thirty people dead in Burkina Faso, including sixteen volunteers backing up the army,...

The European Parliament on Thursday condemned what it described as a decline in press freedom in Morocco, saying it was...

Sierra Leone passed a law Thursday requiring public and private entities to reserve 30 percent of their jobs for women,...

Mali's military rulers received more warplanes and helicopters from Russia Thursday, an AFP correspondent noted, the latest in a series...

Despite slowing growth and the worst inflation figures in a decade in 2022, African economies remain "resilient," and double-digit price...

A notorious militia in eastern DR Congo on Thursday attacked a camp for displaced people, killing five children and two...

President William Ruto has said Africa must take charge of its own development. He said the Continent’s leadership must find...

Dehydrated and whipped by scorching winds as their crowded truck snaked through the dunes, some drank urine to survive, while...

A Moroccan court on Wednesday handed rapper ElGrande Toto a suspended eight-month prison term for "insults, defamation and threats" against...

Italy is prepared to allow more Tunisians to reach its shores legally in exchange for greater efforts to cut irregular...

A Senegalese judge has ordered a prominent opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, to face trial for alleged rape, lawyers for Sonko...

A protest an East African force deployed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was violently dispersed by police in Goma...

Ride-hailing giant Uber has resumed its services in Tanzania, it said on Wednesday, settling a fare dispute with the government....

Acrid smoke swirls amid the buzzing of dozens of chainsaws under the majestic Nyiragongo volcano, producing scenes of devastation in...

Attacks in Burkina Faso have increased since October and now especially target civilians, according to junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traore,...

A tiger who escaped from a farm and roamed the countryside outside of Johannesburg for four days, attacking a man...

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is heading for an 11-day trip to Africa starting this week, aimed at deepening economic...