The United States is set to deploy around 200 troops to Nigeria to assist in training the country’s military to combat Islamist militant groups, according to...
Kenya said Tuesday its foreign minister would go to Moscow next month after condemning recruiters luring Kenyans to Russia with promises of lucrative jobs, only to...
The Senegalese government has described the death late on Monday of a medical student during protests as a “tragedy”. Weeks of unrest at Dakar’s top university...
The United Nations said on Tuesday that it wants “security guarantees” from warring parties in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to enable its soldiers to...
Zimbabwe’s cabinet on Tuesday approved sweeping changes to the constitution as part of a bid to extend 83-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term till 2030, angering opposition...
The Gates Foundation is pushing back against social media claims that Bill Gates is behind a sudden spike in mosquitoes in Kenya. The rumours, led by...
Heavy “automatic gunfire” rang out near the central prison in Guinea’s capital early on Tuesday in Kaloum, Conakry’s administrative centre where the presidential palace is located,...
Angola’s president and several African Union representatives Monday called for a ceasefire in the conflict-plagued eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after meeting with DRC President...
Burkina Faso’s transitional parliament on Monday approved a bill banning all political parties in a move observers say allows the military junta led by Captain Ibrahim...
This year’s Mining Indaba conference opened in Cape Town on Tuesday under the theme ‘Stronger Together.’ The annual event brings together leaders from government and industry...