Africa

Lagos: At least 88 people were killed and scores of others wounded following attacks by bandits in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kebbi, local police...

Berlin: 'At Night All Blood is Black', a novel by French-Senagalese writer David Diop, translated from French by Anna Moschovakis, has won the International...

Cairo: In an effort to avoid a repeat of the event like The Ever Given, a cargo ship which was struck in Egypt, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has announced...

One person was killed and a large number of students were abducted Sunday at an Islamic seminary in Nigeria's north-central Niger State, a police spokesman...

Tokyo: Egyptian authorities are demanding $550 million in compensation from the Japanese owner of a cargo ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week...

Abuja: Nigerian police on Sunday said a group of gunmen killed one resident and abducted some students following an attack in the country's...

Malian interim President Bah N'Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were put under arrest by military officers on Monday, drawing condemnation from the...

A smoking trail of lava from a volcanic eruption appeared to have stopped a few hundred meters short of the city of Goma, in the Democratic Republic of...

Brazzaville, Congo: Africa's rollout of coronavirus vaccines is being undermined by supply shortages and financial difficulties, the African regional office...

Chad's President Idriss Debby has died while visiting troops on the front lines of a fight against northern rebels, an army spokesman said on Tuesday....