Africa

Dakar: Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow has left the country for neighbouring Senegal, a coalition member and local media said on Sunday, a day...

Khartoum: The Obama administration's preliminary decision to ease sanctions on Sudan came with the full approval of the incoming Trump administration...

Lilongwe: Armyworms have destroyed 2,000 hectares of crops in Malawi, spreading to nine of its 28 districts in the last few weeks, the agriculture minister...

Abidjan: Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara named a new and smaller government team on Wednesday, with few changes to top positions, according to a...

Abidjan: Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara named former prime minister Daniel Kablan Duncan as vice president, a new post created under a...

Maiduguri (Nigeria): Two separate attacks by suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers - one by a female duo, the other by three men - have killed three people...

Abidjan: The streets of Ivory Coast's second-largest city Bouake were calm and the military presence was gone, residents said on Sunday, after a two-day...

Johannesburg: South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) needs to end infighting and focus on winning back public support, President Jacob...

Accra: Ghana's new President Nana Akufo-Addo pledged to cut taxes to boost the economy at his swearing in ceremony on Saturday, whilst also promising to...

Bouake (Ivory Coast): Gunfire broke out in several Ivory Coast cities, including the commercial capital Abidjan, overnight and early on Saturday, residents...