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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...

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...