Africa

Sexual violence is increasingly being used as a "weapon of war" in Sudan to terrorize the civilian population, a UN...

When guests gathered at a church in the south-west Nigerian city of Ibadan at the weekend, they knew they were...

Kenya's Health Minister, Aden Duale, has been found guilty of contempt of court for his handling of the construction of...

A six-year-old Ebola patient, who Congolese authorities were searching for after armed men stormed the hospital where she was being...

The US government says it will stop funding programmes in South Africa intended to tackle the spread of HIV and...

A former Nigerian oil minister has been cleared of taking bribes from wealthy oil executives in the form of luxury...

Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have agreed to harmonise cocoa farm-gate prices, a move that could strengthen farmer incomes and reshape Africa’s influence over...

The Memorandum to the Fines (Penalty Units) Bill, dated July 5, 1999, and presented to the Second Parliament of the...

Prominent Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has accused a hospital in Lagos of obstructing an inquest into the circumstances surrounding...

A retired Nigerian army general who had been kidnapped by gunmen in the country's north-west has died while being held...