Africa

Authorities in the Democratic Republic Congo have declared Wednesday a public holiday after the national football team qualified for their...

At least 74 mine workers have been killed by gunmen in an area south-west of the capital, Juba, with government...

A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in parts of the central Nigerian city of Jos, after gunmen opened fire at...

Weeks of heavy rains and flooding have ​now killed 108 people ‌in Kenya, the National Police Service said on Saturday...

Nine Nigerian soldiers have been killed and several others wounded after gunmen ambushed a military patrol near Shanga district in...

Uganda’s military chief has declared that the country would support Israel if it were at risk of defeat in the...

At least 34 people have died and nearly 200 others injured after heavy rains caused severe flooding across Malawi, officials...

One of the key military figures convicted of crimes against humanity for his involvement in Guinea’s 2009 stadium massacre has...

Former Kenyan Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju has been arrested a day after he was reported to have disappeared, leading to...

A Nigerian national who orchestrated an international wire fraud and money laundering scheme has been sentenced to 90 months in...