Africa

Harare: Zimbabwean police used teargas, water cannon and batons on Wednesday to disperse opposition youths who were demonstrating in the capital against...

Kinshasa: Opponents of Congolese President Joseph Kabila went on strike on Tuesday to demand that he steps down when his mandate expires in December. In the...

Nairobi: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has urged South Sudan's leaders to "get the job done" by fully implementing a peace deal or face a...

Abuja: Nigeria's air force said it had killed some senior boko Haram militants and possibly fatally wounded their overall leader in a raid on...

Nairobi: United States Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday he and regional states were committed to giving momentum to the planned deployment of...

Amsterdam: A former extremist rebel admitted wrecking holy shrines during Mali's 2012 conflict and apologised at the start of his trial at the...

Mogadishu: More than 20 people were killed on Sunday when suicide bombers from the militant Al Shabaab group detonated two car bombs at a local government...

Yenagoa (Nigeria): A Nigerian militant group, which has claimed a wave of attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta, said it was ready for a ceasefire...

Kinshasa: Congo's main opposition alliance late on Saturday rejected talks with the government of President Joseph Kabila over elections that were due...

Nairobi: A spike in the forced recruitment of child soldiers in South Sudan could be imminent, the United Nations' children's agency said on Friday,...