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Speculation that Niger may become the next Sahel nation to suffer a coup has surged since Burkina Faso underwent a...

Tanzania's parliament elected a new speaker on Tuesday following the resignation of her predecessor in a public feud with the...

Chinese and French oil giants sealed a landmark $10-billion deal on Tuesday to develop Uganda's energy resources and build a...

Six people were feared dead in Mozambique on Tuesday after they tried to cross rivers swollen by floodwaters in dugout...

The African Union appears set for an internal clash over its relationship with Israel at a summit this weekend, a...

South Africa's legal lion breeding has spawned a tiger farming industry for commercial exports, potentially posing a threat to the...

Ethiopian Airlines is set Tuesday to operate the Boeing 737 MAX for the first time since a crash nearly three...

Global energy giants were quick to halt their Mozambican gas projects when jihadist violence erupted on their doorsteps. After months...

Kamou Malo's Burkina Faso face Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals on Wednesday with a young team that...

Ethiopian Airlines is set Tuesday to operate the Boeing 737 MAX for the first time since a crash nearly three...

Confusion reigned at the main border post between Rwanda and Uganda after its official reopening on Monday, with frustrated Rwandans...

The UN mine clearance worker gingerly sifts through a patch of dirt with a trowel in scrubland on the outskirts...

South African ex-president Jacob Zuma was back in court on Monday in a fresh bid to replace the chief prosecutor...

Mohamed Salah-captained Egypt face a "third final before the final" this week when they confront hosts Cameroon in an Africa...

The African Union on Monday suspended Burkina Faso a week after the volatile country suffered its latest coup, as envoys...

Gunmen from heavily-armed criminal gangs killed dozens of people, including 11 security personnel, in separate attacks in northwest and central...

Dango Ouattara scored on the stroke of half-time as 10-man Burkina Faso completed a hat-trick of Africa Cup of Nations...

Malian cotton farmers are set to produce a bumper crop this year, but Mahamadou Konate is worried, belying the smile...

Samuel Eto'o left for Europe to become one of the greatest African footballers of all time but it was in...

The United States voiced alarm Thursday after Ethiopia's Tigray rebels announced a military operation in the neighboring Afar region, but...

Morocco on Thursday inaugurated construction of an anti-Covid vaccine manufacturing plant in partnership with Swedish firm Recipharm, the official news...

Denmark announced Thursday it would withdraw a newly deployed contingent of 100 troops from Mali after repeated demands, which Copenhagen...

Chad's junta announced Thursday that a national forum designed to chart the country's future after it seized power last year...

The Cameroonian government wants to "improve" access to the Olembe Stadium in Yaounde after the deadly stampede that killed eight...

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader is upbeat about victory in next year's elections, despite a crackdown that he compares to being...

The death toll from a storm that struck three southern African countries rose to 70 on Thursday as emergency teams...

Kenyans are mourning the death of the country's best known football fan, a colorful former newspaper vendor who was found...

A soccer star shot dead. Parliament gutted by fire. People trampled to death in riots. Even with the most spectacular...

European nations pushed back Wednesday against the Malian military government's demands that newly arrived Danish special forces fighting jihadists immediately...

A prominent Ugandan author accused of insulting the country's ruling family was freed on Wednesday after being detained despite a...