Africa

Cape Town: A man accused of starting a fire in South Africa's parliament, who also faces charges of terrorism, has confessed, media reported.Police said...

Kampala: Torrential rains, floods and a mudslide have affected 800 people in three sub-counties in the western Ugandan district of Kisoro, a relief agency...

Washington: President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate two career Foreign Service diplomats to become ambassadors to Sudan and South Sudan, the...

The death toll from tropical storm Ana that hit Mozambique on Tuesday rose to at least eight people, the country's National Institute for Disaster...

Cairo: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 10,609,112 as of Tuesday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

In Cameroon, at least six people died in a stampede outside a stadium hosting an Africa Cup of Nations soccer game on Monday, according to the national...

New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep concern about the situation in Burkina Faso and condemns any forceful takeover of power...

Ouagadougou [Burkina Faso]: The president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, is possibly detained following riots in the capital and reports about...

A fire that broke out in a nightclub in Yaounde's Bastos district during the early hours of Sunday has killed at least 16 people and injured eight others,...

Sudanese security forces on Monday have been accused of killing at least seven people during anti-coup protests in the capital Khartoum.