Africa

Johannesburg: South Africa's ruling African National Congress said on Tuesday its executive committee had stood by President Jacob Zuma in a debate...

Khartoum: Sudanese authorities seized the print-runs of four daily newspapers on Tuesday, staff said, a move one editor called a crackdown on coverage of...

Nairobi: A senior aide to Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza was injured in an attack on Monday night that also killed one of his bodyguards,...

Johannesburg: South Africa's scandal-plagued President Jacob Zuma has survived a move by some members of his party to hold a no-confidence motion...

HARARE: Zimbabwe launched a "bond notes" currency which held its value against the US dollar on Monday, despite warnings that it could cause...

Pretoria: South Africa's scandal-plagued President Jacob Zuma faces a no confidence vote on Monday by the ANC's National Executive Committee (NEC),...

Khartoum: Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped three workers from the United Nation's refugee agency in Sudan's restive Darfur region, a local...

Juba: South Sudan's government has said it is ready to accept the deployment of a UN regional protection force at any time, after fighting in the...

Mogadishu: A suspected car bomb killed at least 10 people when it exploded at a police checkpoint next to a busy market in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on...

BAMAKO/GAO: Malians burned ballot boxes and protested against long-delayed local elections this weekend to fill posts left vacant in the north since...