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The world's poorest countries say they will insist that the UN's upcoming climate talks push ahead with proposals for a...

Fuel prices in Kenya surged to record highs on Thursday after the new government slashed subsidies, piling on misery for...

For decades, Egyptians have dreamed of bringing back some of the glories of their ancient civilization scattered across museums and...

A general who became a graft buster and turned on his political patron, Angolan President Joao Lourenco will be sworn...

Angolan President Joao Lourenco is to be sworn in for a second term on Thursday amid tight security after a...

The International Organization of Immigrants (IOM) is asking for humanitarian help as the situation deteriorates in Somalia. According to the...

Ivory Coast on Wednesday accused Mali of "blackmail" over 46 Ivorian troops who have been detained by Bamako and called...

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving British monarch, will be laid to rest on Monday, September 19 at Westminster Abbey. The...

It has been more than 50 years since Queen Elizabeth II visited Sudan but there are still some who remember...

Fishermen perch precariously on wooden scaffolds stretching over turbulent rapids in northeastern Democratic Republic Congo, hauling up wicker baskets in...

Ten people were killed in a second day of air strikes on Ethiopia's Tigray region Wednesday, hospital officials said, in...

Mounds of waste scattered along roads and vast landfills are a Nigerian eyesore. In Africa's biggest economy and most populous...

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud urged citizens to stay away from areas controlled by Al-Shabaab jihadists as he vowed to...

A French court on Wednesday will issue its verdict on involuntary homicide charges against Yemenia Airways over a 2009 crash...

Several people were injured on Tuesday as crowds tried to force their way into the stadium where Kenya's president-elect William...

The capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region was hit by an air strike on Tuesday, hospital officials and Tigrayan rebels...

Kenya's William Ruto will on Tuesday take charge of the East African economic powerhouse after the country's Supreme Court confirmed...

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is to visit Qatar on Tuesday for the first time since a four-year rift between...

Uganda said on Monday it would allow a popular music festival to go ahead this month, reversing a ban imposed...

Liberian President George Weah on Monday accepted the resignations of three close allies after the United States last month accused...

From Kenya and Nigeria to South Africa and Uganda, Queen Elizabeth's death met with an outpouring of official condolences, mourning...

The international community on Monday urged warring sides in Ethiopia to seize the moment for peace after Tigrayan rebels said...

Ten years after the US ambassador to Libya was killed in the eastern city of Benghazi, the country remains in...

Tigrayan rebels have proposed a conditional truce in the war in northern Ethiopia, a spokesman for the group said Friday,...

Senegal will break new ground Monday as West Africa's largest-ever proportion of women MPs take their seats in a newly...

Julius Malema’s Party Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has downplayed the ongoing world-mourning of United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II. Through a...

Queen Elizabeth II, who is the longest-serving monarch in British history passed away on Thursday at the age of 96. Elizabeth II...

Twilight settles on Bamako, and traffic starts to clog the roads on the banks of the mighty Niger River in...

It was past midnight when a dozen men armed with AK47s stormed into Mohammed's home just outside Nigeria's capital Abuja...

President Uhuru Kenyatta has joined other world leaders in mourning Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The monarch passed away on...