Africa

Nairobi: Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday withdrew the controversial bill to raise taxes that led to massive violent protests nationwide in which...

Nairobi: Kenya's state-backed rights body announced the death of 22 protesters killed during Tuesday's rallies, while the Kenya Medical Association put the...

New Delhi: Africa is undergoing rapid changes today, from being the cradle of human civilisation to becoming the land of the future, and India looks at it...

Amnesty International said that at least five people were shot during clashes between police and protesters in Nairobi. Another 31 people were injured, the...

Kigali: Campaigning started on Saturday in Rwanda ahead of next month's presidential and legislative elections.Three presidential candidates are in the race...

Nairobi: A proposed finance bill sparked mass protests in the streets of Nairobi and across other cities in Kenya this week.Demonstrators, many of them...

Nairobi: One person was killed and at least 200 were injured in protests across Kenya, a police watchdog and rights groups said on Friday.The East African...

Lagos: At least 21 people have died from a cholera in Nigeria's densely populated Lagos State, a health official said on Thursday.The news came as the...

Nairobi: More than 200 protesters were arrested in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, on Tuesday, amid ongoing demonstrations against proposed tax hikes detailed in...

Pretoria: The South African parliament re-elected the African National Congress's President Cyril Ramaphosa as president on Friday during the first sitting...