Africa

The Ugandan government says at least 16 people have died from hunger in recent weeks in the north-eastern region of...

Nigeria's military says it has freed all 44 pupils and teachers who were abducted two months ago from schools in...

The United States has withdrawn most of the troops it deployed in Nigeria earlier this year in an effort to...

A trial of potential treatments for the species of virus behind the current deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic...

People intending to protest against migrants should do so without "intimidation, threats or ultimatums", President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned on...

Mass gatherings have been banned in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital, Kinshasa, as well as in three other areas,...

Burkina Faso's military junta has broken off diplomatic ties with France, accusing Paris of persistently acting against its national interests....

The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed a case against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing its...

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the...

Police in Kenya have sealed off key roads leading into central Nairobi ahead of planned nationwide protests marking two years...