Africa

Bamako/Paris: A French-Swiss aid worker has been kidnapped in the city of Gao in northern Mali, and French and Malian authorities are working together to...

Kinshasa: An ethnic Nande militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 13 Hutu civilians on Sunday with guns and machetes in an apparent...

Abuja: Nigeria's army has captured a key Boko Haram camp, the militant group's last enclave in the vast northeastern Sambisa forest that was its...

London: The British government must take urgent action to help end the "horrendous crisis" in South Sudan, where women have drowned hiding from...

Banjul: Gambian President Yahya Jammeh said he would not step down and condemned mediation by West African regional bloc ECOWAS that aims to get him to...

Kinshasa: Security forces fired teargas and arrested youths gathered in the streets of Kinshasa on Tuesday to demand that Democratic Republic of Congo...

Kinshasa: Protesters gathered in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital and at least one other city, defying a ban on demonstrations against the...

Abuja: West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS must ensure Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh steps down when his mandate ends in January because he lost an...

Geneva: World powers can stop a "Rwanda-like" genocide in South Sudan if they immediately deploy a 4,000-strong protection force across the...

Banjul: West African heads of state began arriving in Gambia on Tuesday to try to convince the long-ruling President Yahya Jammeh to relinquish power after...