A call for South Africans to boycott social media for a day to protest against high data costs has ironically seen #SocialMediaBlackout trend.
Musician and...
The government-backed Bana Mura militia in Congo has committed horrific crimes in ethnically-motivated attacks in the past few months, including cutting off toddlers' limbs...
Uber boss Travis Kalanick has resigned as chief executive after pressure from shareholders, according to media reports.
Mr Kalanick will remain on the board of...
The French government on Sunday evening voted a record number of 233 women into parliament, after President Emmanuel Macron's decision to field a gender-balanced...
A court in Cairo has recommended the death penalty for 30 people convicted of involvement in the killing of Egypt's top public prosecutor.
Hisham Barakat...
President Donald Trump has appeared to acknowledge he is under investigation in the inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the US election.
In a tweet,...
The estranged wife of incoming Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has been shot dead two days before his inauguration.
Lipolelo Thabane, 58, was travelling home...
Forty-eight Zambian MPs from the opposition UPND have been suspended for 30 days for boycotting President Edgar Lungu’s state of the nation address.
They refused...
A man accused of posting blasphemous content to Facebook has been sentenced to death by a court in Pakistan.
Taimoor Raza was convicted after allegedly...
Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain must be tougher in stamping out Islamist extremism after attackers killed at least seven people by ramming a...
Leo Varadkar has been announced as the leader of the biggest party in Ireland's ruling coalition, Fine Gael.
Mr Varadkar beat his rival, Housing Minister...
US President Donald Trump called Germany's trade and spending policies "very bad" - intensifying a row between the longtime allies and immediately earning himself...
Germany's foreign minister launched a scathing criticism of Donald Trump on Monday, claiming the US President's actions have "weakened" the West and accusing the...
