Nine girls suspected of planning and executing a fire that killed 16 fellow students at a Kenyan boarding school, are to be held in custody for...
People in Mogadishu’s Howl Wadaag district flee as gunfire can be heard near former Somali prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire’s home. Khaire said in a social...
Traffic has resumed at Bunia airport in DR Congo’s Ituri province, the epicenter of the country’s latest Ebola outbreak. The move comes after the World Health...
The Ghetto Kids, a Ugandan dance troupe made up of street children, spoke of their excitement at being invited by music superstar Shakira to perform at...
The Ebola outbreak comes at a particularly dangerous moment: 26.5 million people across the Democratic Republic of the Cong (DRC) are already facing acute food insecurity,...
The new government formed by Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in defiance of his powerful sacked prime minister can overcome potential efforts by his estranged ally...
The United States has imposed new sanctions on senior figures from the M23 rebel movement and the FDLR militia, escalating pressure on armed groups fueling conflict...
Benin’s new President Romuald Wadagni travelled to both Niger and Burkina Faso on Tuesday as he tries to rebuilds ties with the Sahel states. Less than...
French President Emmanuel Macron and Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Tuesday inaugurated a monument in Paris in memory of the victims of the Rwanda genocide. Speaking...
There is an 80-percent chance of the warming El Nino phenomenon developing between June and August, increasing the risk of extreme weather events, the World Meteorological...