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At least six people were killed in the Somali capital Thursday in a suicide bombing claimed by jihadists at a...

Uganda protested Thursday at an order by the UN's highest court for it to pay the Democratic Republic of Congo...

An award-winning Ugandan author and fierce government critic who fled the country after being "tortured" in custody told AFP on...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers a State of the Nation address on Thursday facing demands for a master plan...

Religious police in northern Nigeria's city of Kano have destroyed nearly four million bottles of beer, on grounds that sale...

Usman Mohamed's hometown of Baga on the shores of Lake Chad was once overrun by jihadists, forcing him to flee,...

Tunisian judges on Wednesday started a widely observed nationwide strike, days after President Kais Saied announced he would dissolve a...

As Tony Ukety peers into a microscope in an effort to wipe out a devastating tropical disease, he is acutely...

Burundian civil society groups on Wednesday angrily reproached the EU over its decision to resume financial aid to the country,...

Dozens of forest rangers, firefighters and volunteers struggled Monday to stem a blaze that broke out in Kenya's Aberdare national...

Sudanese security forces fired tear gas Monday at thousands of demonstrators calling for civilian rule and justice for protesters killed...

Dabaso Galgalo is now used to the smell and grisly spectacle of rotting flesh festering in the scorching heat as Kenya...

"I don't sing to avenge my family, but because other innocent people who know nothing about politics continue to die,"...

Dakar exploded with joy at the final whistle as Sadio Mane's Senegal beat Mohamed Salah's Egypt for their first ever...

Morocco prepared Monday to bury "little Rayan", the five-year-old boy who died trapped in a well despite a days-long rescue...

Senegal's President Macky Sall declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team's first ever African Cup of...

Sadio Mane-inspired Senegal have succeeded Algeria as Africa Cup of Nations champions after a drama-filled tournament spanning 29 days in...

Sadio Mane made up for missing from the spot in normal time to score the decisive penalty as Senegal overcame...

The African Union closed its annual summit Sunday by condemning a recent "wave" of military coups that has seen an...

Power tools buzz at the beachfront Amarula Hotel in Palma, as workers finish clearing up and repairing the damage from...

"There will be no more lying," said Masechaba Thebe, a 33-year-old, whose home is the perilous streets of Johannesburg. "We...

West African leaders began a key summit on Thursday called to address the latest coup in a region struggling with...

Thousands of homes were left without power in Mauritius on Wednesday but the Indian Ocean island nation escaped without "major...

At least 40 people were killed when machete-wielding militiamen attacked a site for displaced people in strife-torn eastern DR Congo,...

Maia looks down at her expanding belly, her eyes welling with tears. Four months ago, an armed man grabbed and...

Forget Mohamed Salah or Sadio Mane, because the most prolific strikers at this Africa Cup of Nations are the two...

Princess Elizabeth was deep in the Kenyan forest on the adventure of a lifetime, spotting wildlife from high up in...

South African investigators Tuesday released a 646-page report detailing how rampant corruption under former president Jacob Zuma undermined both the...

Burkina Faso's new military junta held talks Tuesday with the Sahel country's political party chiefs, many of whom said they...

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