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Chad is in need of debt restructuring to help the country's economy, which saw weak growth last year, the IMF...

The French medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) said Thursday that five employees who were kidnapped more than a month...

A Sudanese protester was killed Thursday as thousands rallied against last year's military coup and worsening living conditions, medics and...

A senior World Bank official called for more support for poor people globally Thursday as the war in Ukraine sends...

The speaker of Tunisia's parliament on Thursday rejected President Kais Saied's dissolution of the assembly the previous day. "We consider...

South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma on Thursday lost another bid to delay his corruption trial, as a court rejected...

Inspector General Hillary Mutyambai has appealed against a Sh500,000 penalty fine imposed on him by the Senate Devolution Committee for...

A Liberian accused of having been a rebel leader during the deadly civil war that tore his country apart has...

Zimbabwe's general election is still a year away, but pro-democracy activists say they are worried last weekend's by-elections offered a...

The United States on Tuesday expressed "concern" over "growing tensions" in South Sudan, and called on all parties to respect...

Many residents of the Senegalese metropolis Dakar get up in the middle of the night hoping to collect water from...

President Kais Saied has condemned "illegal" meetings of Tunisia's parliament which he suspended last July, saying those responsible for the...

Ethiopia has declared a conditional truce, and their rebel opponents in Tigray have agreed to cease hostilities if certain terms...

A South African court on Friday delayed the trial of the man accused of burning down parliament in January, saying...

The death toll from twin attacks in central Somalia has climbed to 48, the leader of Hirshabelle state said Thursday,...

A Ugandan court has issued an arrest warrant for an award-winning author who fled the country after being charged with insulting...

The war in Yemen will enter its eighth year this week with civilian casualties on the rise and unstoppable inflation,...

A group of Malian political parties has called for an investigation into the "very troubling" death of ex-prime minister Soumeylou...

Uganda's government must stop using illegal detention centers as a weapon against dissidents and close the facilities, Human Rights Watch...

With the world focused on Ukraine, UN mediators are trying to avoid a political crisis degenerating into new violence in...

Among rolling hills around the southern tip of majestic Lake Kivu, huge layers of plastic waste ride the water and...

Tom Saintfiet, the Belgian coach who transformed Gambia from minnows to Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finalists this year, desperately wants...

The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on Sudan's Central Reserve Police (CRP) force for human rights abuses. The Treasury...

More than 2,000 Tunisians rallied on Sunday, the country's independence day, against President Kais Saied and a project he launched...

A remote oasis in Tunisia's desert was exhausted by decades of wasteful water use for agriculture -- but now pioneers...

Kenya said Thursday it was investigating allegations that thousands of donated condoms, mosquito nets and life-saving medicines were stolen from...

DR Congo's most notorious armed group is moving inland from the border with Uganda after Ugandan and Congolese troops attacked...

Ugandan author and activist Norman Tumuhimbise and a female journalist have been charged with cyber-stalking the country's president, their lawyer...

Rising prices for food, sent soaring by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, are stoking fears of hunger and turmoil in a...