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Sierra Leone is to delay the phaseout of its old currency until next spring, the central bank said. On July...

Hundreds of Boko Haram jihadists have fled a forest enclave in northeast Nigeria, escaping air strikes by the military and...

On a chilly spring morning, a kilted piper playing the bagpipes led diplomats into Harare's stone-walled Anglican Cathedral for a...

President Joe Biden on Friday will welcome South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa to the White House, part of a renewed...

On a sandy street in a northern Malian town, armed guards take turns at a checkpoint next to two unmarked...

Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate recently traveled to the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa to hear from children suffering from starvation....

US climate envoy John Kerry on Thursday urged African countries to help overcome divisions between rich and poor nations at...

Angolan President Joao Lourenco vowed to push ahead with economic reform and hailed voters' "tolerance" as he was sworn in...

The world's poorest countries say they will insist that the UN's upcoming climate talks push ahead with proposals for a...

Fuel prices in Kenya surged to record highs on Thursday after the new government slashed subsidies, piling on misery for...

For decades, Egyptians have dreamed of bringing back some of the glories of their ancient civilization scattered across museums and...

A general who became a graft buster and turned on his political patron, Angolan President Joao Lourenco will be sworn...

Angolan President Joao Lourenco is to be sworn in for a second term on Thursday amid tight security after a...

The International Organization of Immigrants (IOM) is asking for humanitarian help as the situation deteriorates in Somalia. According to the...

Ivory Coast on Wednesday accused Mali of "blackmail" over 46 Ivorian troops who have been detained by Bamako and called...

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving British monarch, will be laid to rest on Monday, September 19 at Westminster Abbey. The...

It has been more than 50 years since Queen Elizabeth II visited Sudan but there are still some who remember...

Fishermen perch precariously on wooden scaffolds stretching over turbulent rapids in northeastern Democratic Republic Congo, hauling up wicker baskets in...

Ten people were killed in a second day of air strikes on Ethiopia's Tigray region Wednesday, hospital officials said, in...

Mounds of waste scattered along roads and vast landfills are a Nigerian eyesore. In Africa's biggest economy and most populous...

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud urged citizens to stay away from areas controlled by Al-Shabaab jihadists as he vowed to...

A French court on Wednesday will issue its verdict on involuntary homicide charges against Yemenia Airways over a 2009 crash...

Several people were injured on Tuesday as crowds tried to force their way into the stadium where Kenya's president-elect William...

The capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region was hit by an air strike on Tuesday, hospital officials and Tigrayan rebels...

Kenya's William Ruto will on Tuesday take charge of the East African economic powerhouse after the country's Supreme Court confirmed...

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is to visit Qatar on Tuesday for the first time since a four-year rift between...

Uganda said on Monday it would allow a popular music festival to go ahead this month, reversing a ban imposed...

Liberian President George Weah on Monday accepted the resignations of three close allies after the United States last month accused...

From Kenya and Nigeria to South Africa and Uganda, Queen Elizabeth's death met with an outpouring of official condolences, mourning...

The international community on Monday urged warring sides in Ethiopia to seize the moment for peace after Tigrayan rebels said...