Africa

Abuja: Nigeria's largest trade unions, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Tuesday suspended nationwide industrial action...

Abuja: Two of Nigeria's largest trade unions called an indefinite strike starting on Monday, with the walkout already crippling the national electricity...

Ouagadougou: Burkina Faso topped a list of the world's most neglected crises for a second year in a row, according to a report released on Monday by the...

Khartoum: At least 30 civilians and 17 soldiers were killed in attacks in the Sudanese city of el-Fasher, as fighting in the country shows no sign of...

Pretoria: South Africa has enjoyed 30 years of democracy after apartheid, and, for the first time, the stakes are significantly high in the general election...

Niamey: The US has reached an agreement with Niger to withdraw its military forces from the African nation by September 15, according to the US Defence...

United Nations: More than 7 million of the estimated 11 million population of South Sudan are likely to suffer high levels of food insecurity through July,...

Bellinzona: Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court on Wednesday ruled that  former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko was guilty of crimes against...

Nairobi: Indian High Commissioner to Kenya, Namgya Khampa, on behalf of the Indian government, handed over the second tranche of 40 metric-tonne of...

Darfur: "Massacre." "Carnage." "Bloodshed." United Nations observers and human rights organizations have said they fear the worst in the event the ongoing...