Africa

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says that by 2050, four out of ten children globally will reside in Africa. It noted that this significant...

When the policemen came for Albert Ojwang, the Kenyan blogger whose death in custody sparked protests this week and prompted a rare acknowledgement of...

With US President Donald Trump on a cost-cutting warpath since starting his second term, aid to Africa has been slashed and now defence spending...

In a world where malaria continues to claim thousands of lives each year—particularly among children—grassroots activism has emerged as a powerful weapon in the...

Israel said early on Friday that it struck Iran, and Iranian media said explosions were heard in Tehran as tensions mounted over U.S. efforts...

Kenyan President William Ruto said on Wednesday that a blogger arrested last week had died "at the hands of the police", reversing official accounts...

A Kenyan blogger who died in police custody was hit on the head, and his death was likely to have been caused by assault,...

A minibus carrying schoolchildren has been swept away by heavy flooding in South Africa, a spokesperson for the Eastern Cape provincial government has told...

Rwanda says it is pulling out of a central African regional bloc after a diplomatic row over its involvement in the conflict in the...

Sonny Olumati was born in Rome and has lived in Italy all his life but the country he calls home does not recognise him...

The central African nation of Chad says it is suspending all visas to US citizens as a matter of "reciprocity", after learning that it...

An Australian woman on trial for murder says she threw up the toxic mushroom meal which killed her relatives, after binge-eating dessert.Erin Patterson has...

Mali has suspended artisanal gold mining activities during the June to September rainy season to protect workers from landslides, the West African country's mines...

South Africa's high court on Tuesday dismissed a case brought by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party aimed at blocking a fuel tax increase...

An al-Qaeda linked group says it carried out a major attack on the Malian town of Boulikessi and the seizure of an army base...

President Bola Tinubu has told Nigerians that the worst is behind them and that the country is getting better, in a speech to mark...

Kenya's President William Ruto has publicly apologised to Tanzania following days of tension between the neighbouring countries.Some Kenyans on social media have been targeting...

A US federal court has blocked President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, in a major blow to a key part of his economic policies.The Court...

A video clip of a laughing Joshlin Smith, who was six years old when she went missing more than a year ago in South...

Nollywood actor Godwin Nnadiekwe has been hospitalised with internal bleeding after being kicked in the chest by fellow actor Zubby Michael during a film...

This story contains details, including a video, that some people may find distressing.The most shocking thing for Jonathan, who had endured six gruelling months...

Uganda's parliament on Tuesday passed an amended law that permits military tribunals to try civilians, prompting protests from the opposition who said the move...

Former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia delivered a speech at the Cambridge Africa Business Conference, rallying a global audience around Africa’s digital awakening. Declaring that...

The wife and son of Gabon's former president have been transferred from prison to house arrest, though it is unclear when they might stand...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called a group of 59 white South Africans who have moved to the US to resettle "cowards", saying "they'll be...

Mali's military government announced on Tuesday that it has dissolved all political parties in the West African country.Mamani Nassire, the minister of political reforms,...

Edelman Africa launched its Regional Advisory (ERA) team, comprised of senior industry veterans and communications advisors spread across North, East, West, Central, and Southern...

More than 100 people have died after flooding in a village near the shores of Lake Tanganyika in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),...

President John Mahama has advised African leaders to adopt a new public debt management agenda to develop the continent and improve the wellbeing of...

A charismatic 37-year-old, Burkina Faso's military ruler, Capt Ibrahim Traoré, has skilfully built the persona of a pan-Africanist leader determined to free his nation...

South African park rangers and a local wildlife organisation rescued more than 80 vultures from a mass poisoning in the country's Kruger National Park...

The Media Coalition Against Illegal Mining has urged the government to extend its excavator tracking system nationwide to enhance efforts in curbing illegal mining,...

South African firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema says he has been denied a visa to attend a conference in the UK on 10 May.Malema...

Police in Buhweju District, western Uganda, are awaiting a court order to exhume the body of a 53-year-old man who was allegedly murdered and...

The Kenyan government has described as "shameful" an incident in which a shoe was thrown at President William Ruto during a rally on Sunday.Widely...

Brice Oligui Nguema, a general who led a coup that ended five decades of Bongo family rule in Gabon, was inaugurated as the African...

Nine Zimbabwean women have been arrested in Harare for allegedly advertising massage services with “happy endings,” which are considered violations of the Criminal Law...

The mother of a South African girl, who disappeared aged six more than a year ago, has been convicted of kidnapping and trafficking her daughter. Kelly...

Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé has been sworn in as the first-ever Chairman of the Council of Ministers, assuming the highest executive position in the...

An INTERPOL-led police operation in West Africa has uncovered approximately 150 stolen vehicles, most of them from Canada, as part of a sweeping two-week...