Africa

Bangui: Central Africans cast their ballots on Sunday in an election meant to restore democratic rule, determined to turn the page on years of bloodshed...

Nairobi: Unidentified gunmen shot dead two people in an apparent targeted killing late on Friday in Burundi, where months of violence linked to the...

Bamako: Suspected militants attacked a UN base in the northern Mali town of Kidal with mortars and machine guns on Friday, killing three peacekeepers and...

Ouagadougou: An Australian woman who was freed by Al Qaeda after three weeks in captivity said on Monday her husband who was seized with her in Burkina Faso...

Niamey: An elderly Australian woman kidnapped with her husband in Burkina Faso by a group affiliated to Al Qaeda has been freed, neighbouring Niger's...

Lilongwe: As she walks along a dirt road in central Malawi, Louise Abale carries her precious maize wrapped in a brightly coloured cloth and balanced on her...

Lily Gold Mine (South Africa): Almost 90 miners were rescued and three other workers were missing after a cave-in at a gold mine in the northeast of South...

Bamako: Malian troops backed by UN helicopters stormed a UN police base in the city of Timbuktu and recaptured it from suspected militants who had seized it...

Harare: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has declared a state of disaster in most rural parts of the country severely hit by a drought, with 26 per cent...

Fedeto/Addis Ababa: On a treeless plain in eastern Ethiopia, thousands of destitute pastoralists have set up camp outside the tiny village of Fedeto. Over...