Africa

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

The mother of teenager Sylvester Muigai Ndung'u found his body in a mortuary in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki...

Police in South Africa have launched a manhunt after 12 people were killed in a mass shooting at an informal...

Three women from Ghana who were at risk of dropping out of secondary school due to poverty will finish their...

A group of 150 Malawians repatriated from South Africa amid growing worries about xenophobia are due to arrive by road...

Kenya's former Chief Justice David Maraga has been arrested while protesting against, among other things, what activists are alleging is...

Just like Watergate in the US, South Africa's "Farmgate" scandal started with a break-in but has since spiralled into something...

The latest Ebola figures from the Democratic Republic of Congo appear to offer some hope after the number of cases...

Benin’s new finance minister has inherited one of Africa’s strongest-performing economies, but maintaining that momentum may prove far more difficult...

Ethiopia's general election takes place on Monday as conflict rages in parts of the country, meaning many people will not...