The United Nations refugee agency is calling on Kenya to reconsider its plans to close the country’s two main refugee camps, saying the move would have “devastating consequences” for hundreds of thousands of...
Boko Haram reportedly is working to enlist traditional and religious leaders in northern Cameroon to recruit new members amid continued military pressure on both sides of the border. Abdouraman Ousman, a Muslim religious...
Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Moise Katumbi has told Congolese prosecutors he has no plans to overthrow the government of President Joseph Kabila by use of force. Katumbi, the former governor...
The number of cancer cases is expected to double in sub-Saharan Africa in the next fifteen years, as the population grows and people live longer. That was among the findings released at a...
Kenyan opposition politicians and supporters took to the streets in Nairobi and some other parts of the country, calling for members of Kenya’s electoral commission to resign. This is the second time the...
Malawi’s government has called for the arrest of street beggars and parents of all children seen begging on the street. The government said most of the people on the street are begging as a...
At least five people were killed and 13 others wounded after an explosion and gunfire attack on Mogadishu traffic police headquarters in the east of Somalia’s capital, medical sources and witnesses said. Al-Shabab...
While the trial of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo resumes at the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity during the 2010-2011 post-election crisis, the trial of his wife Simone Gbagbo, who faces...
Zimbabwe’s government has announced plans to print “bond notes” – a type of cash that people can use for daily transactions. However, many Zimbabweans are wary of the plan, seeing it as...
The Kenyan government says it plans to close the country’s two main refugee camps, a move that would impact some 400,000 refugees. The government said in a statement Friday that due to national...
