Africa

KIGALI, Rwanda  The French Court of Appeal Tuesday upheld a life sentence for a Rwandan former military police officer for...

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo At least 32 people were killed and many remain missing after an overloaded boat capsized...

The UK’s Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, has revealed that her parents benefitted from the 1970s oil boom in Nigeria....

JOHNNESBURG The United Nations said it requires $1.42 billion to increase humanitarian actions in Somalia, where 5.98 million people will...

JOHANNESBURG  Despite achievements made by South Africa in the past 30 years, it continues to face significant challenges on its...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Ethiopian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a "Banking Proclamation" - a transformative shift in the financial sector by...

ABUJA, Nigeria  At least 20 people died when their boat capsized in Nigeria’s Benue State. The wooden boat, carrying passengers...

No fewer than 12 senior members of Benin Republic national electoral management body, Commission Electorale Nationale Autonomie (CENA), are currently...

JUBA, South Sudan A cholera outbreak in South Sudan has claimed nearly 60 lives since it began on Oct. 28,...

KHARTOUM, Sudan  Nine people were killed and 20 injured in western Sudan after a drone strike on a hospital early...