Africa

Kinshasa: Gigantic urban gullies stretch like scars across cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A study published by an international group of...

Abuja: A September 2025 report by the UN has revealed that nearly 15,000 schools were closed in West and Central Africa as of mid-2025.The situation is...

Darfur: The United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt issued a joint statement on Friday calling for a three-month humanitarian truce...

Two separate boat accidents in the Democratic Republic of Congo this week have killed at least 193 people, authorities said Friday.

New York: The number of obese school-aged children has exceeded the number of underweight children globally, according to a new report released by...

Addis Ababa: Africa's largest hydroelectric dam was officially inaugurated in Ethiopia on Tuesday, with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed insisting the...

Addis Ababa: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), 14 years in the making, will be officially inaugurated this week.At 1,800 metres (nearly 6,000...

Militants  killed at least 60 people in northeastern Nigeria, including several soldiers, news agencies Reuters and AFP reported on Saturday, citing...

Kinshasa: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is confronting a new Ebola outbreak after health officials confirmed a case in the southern Kasai...

A boat carrying over 100 passengers sank in Nigeria's north-central Niger State, leaving a dozen people dead, rescuers said on Wednesday.