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Security in Mali has improved but freedom of expression has worsened, an independent UN expert said Tuesday, in the latest...

The death toll from an accidental  explosion at an illegal gold mine in southwestern Burkina Faso rose on Tuesday to...

The UN warned Tuesday that authorities and aid workers were racing against the clock to protect people as Madagascar braces...

Sudan has condemned neighboring Ethiopia for launching power generation at a controversial dam on the Blue Nile without the agreement...

The International Monetary Fund could stop its program in Somalia in three months if long-postponed national elections encounter fresh delays,...

When Tunda Henry's family fled South Sudan's brutal civil war five years ago, they vowed to return after the upheaval....

Mali's lawmakers on Monday approved a plan allowing the military junta to rule for up to five years, AFP journalists...

Israel and Morocco are seeking to nearly quadruple their annual trade to more than $500 million, Israel's economy minister said...

Thousands of Sudanese protesters on Monday marched against the October military coup which has led to scores of arrests, as...

The United States and Egypt on Monday launched a working group to prepare for the COP27 climate summit this year,...

In the 60 years since Algeria won independence from France, it has gone through multiple crises with its former occupier,...

The descendants of Algerian Muslims who fought for France during the eight-year war of independence are 60 years later struggling...

Marie-France Grangaud says she has only one regret: she has spent eight decades in Algeria, the country of her birth,...

Sudanese security forces on Sunday fired tear gas at protesters demonstrating against last year's military coup, an AFP correspondent said,...

Security and economic issues will be at the heart of the official visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who...

An air strike by the Nigerian army targeting 'bandits' has left seven children dead and five others wounded "by mistake"...

Nigeria's government has handed over two bronze treasures to a traditional royal palace in part of a series of restorations...

Ethiopia began generating electricity from its mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Sunday, a milestone in the controversial multi-billion dollar...

Raja Casablanca, captained by 35-year-old Mohsine Moutaouali, were the only club among eight seeded to reach the CAF Champions League...

A suicide bomber killed 14 people in a popular restaurant in the central Somali town of Beledweyne on Saturday, on...

Benin President Patrice Talon on Saturday will inaugurate an exhibition of historic treasures returned by France last year, nearly 130...

Ethiopia will start generating power from its mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Sunday, government officials told AFP, a major...

They turned up in a mob of several hundred at a migrant center in South Africa's Soweto township -- unemployed,...

Attacks on UN facilities, a surge in tribal clashes, lootings, rape, and anti-coup protests -- Sudan's Darfur region is reeling...

In one of South Africa's roughest townships, an overcrowded and dilapidated housing complex has maintained one rule for decades: No...

Thousands of Libyans on celebrated for a second day Friday 11 years since the revolt that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi,...

France's planned military withdrawal from Mali has opened the door to talks between the Malian government and al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadists, which...

EU and African leaders agreed to a "renewed partnership" at a summit Friday with pledges of major investments, but Europe was...

Mali's army-led government on Friday asked France to withdraw its forces from the Sahel state "without delay", calling into question...

The leader of Tanzania's main opposition party will stand trial for terrorism, a high court judge ruled Friday, in a...