Fighting broke out on Friday between M23 militants and government troops near the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma, hours before a European humanitarian flight was scheduled to arrive, the sources said.
The aid mission is the first...
Freddy is on track to break the record for the longest-lasting tropical cyclone, the United Nations said Friday as the killer storm hit Mozambique once again.
"Freddy continues his incredible and dangerous journey," Clare Nullis, a spokeswoman for the UN...
Nineteen people, including nine armed forces volunteers, were killed in two attacks in jihadist-ravaged Burkina Faso, locals and a security source said on Monday.
Seven members of the VDP volunteer force were killed in a mass attack on Thursday in...
Nine people were killed when suspected jihadists attacked a mosque in northeastern Burkina Faso, local sources said on Thursday.
The attack occurred around dusk Wednesday in the village of Goulgountou in Burkina Faso's Sahel region, when assailants arrived on motorcycles...
Under the auspices of Ghanaian President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo and African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretary General Wamkele Mene, the inaugural edition of The Africa Prosperity Dialogue Series will take place from 26-28 January in Ghana.
This was announced...
Uganda police said on Monday they had arrested a key suspect who fled after a deadly stampede at a New Year's Eve party in the capital, Kampala.
Ten people, mostly children, were crushed to death at the Freedom City shopping...
Armed with a thermos of coffee, some hard-boiled eggs and a towel to protect his legs from the scorching sun, Frans Hugo, 90, goes out every Thursday to deliver newspapers in the South African desert.
Week after week, the aging...
Two Senegalese opposition lawmakers were sentenced to six months in jail on Monday for physically assaulting a colleague in parliament.
In a case that sparked a harrowing debate over democracy in Senegal, pro-government lawmaker Amy Ndiaye was slapped and then...
Schools in Malawi's two largest cities will remain closed until further notice due to a worsening cholera outbreak, the government said Monday.
The students were due to return to classes after vacation on Tuesday.
But the Health Ministry said the start...
The Special Criminal Court, a tribunal set up to try war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Central African Republic, had its mandate extended for another five years under a law passed Wednesday.
The tribunal, established in 2015 with...
