More than 200 people, including three African presidents, attended the opening of a three-day summit Friday near Mount Kenya, where activists and officials have gathered to discuss the future of Africa’s elephants and...
Al-Shabab militants in Somalia killed at least eight government soldiers in an ambush near the town of Baidoa, officials said. A Somali military commander said that Shabab fighters, using rocket propelled grenades and...
The world health organisation is urging travelers to Angola to get a yellow fever vaccination. An outbreak of the disease in the African country has killed at least 258 people. WHO director-general Margaret...
South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar returned to the capital Tuesday and took the oath as the country’s top vice president. Machar’s arrival raises hopes the government and rebels can move ahead with...
A group of 23 nongovernmental organizations working in Somalia say the country is in danger of falling into famine, as it did in 2010, because of drought and food shortages. The groups known as...
DAKAR— In Dakar, rights activists and members of the Gambian Diaspora marched Friday to demand the unconditional release of dozens of opposition members arrested in Gambia one week ago. The opposition says at...
President Faustin-Archange Touadéra of the Central African Republic, who took office less than a month ago, has said his first tasks will include disarming ex-combatants and rebuilding the military. “Security, peace and national...
article written by; Mike Mwenda Riots in Zambia’s capital spread to other parts of Lusaka on Tuesday as looters ransacked shops owned by immigrants, particularly Rwandans, and the ruling Patriotic Front party said...
South Sudan rebel leader and First Vice President Designate Riek Machar is expected to return to Juba Tuesday. South Sudan Information Minister Michael Makuei said Machar’s return is a milestone in the...
European Union foreign and defense ministers will meet late Monday in Luxembourg to discuss a plan to send security personnel to Tripoli to help train police and border guards for Libya’s new U.N.-endorsed...
