Africa

GENEVA The UN human rights chief expressed concern Wednesday about increasing post-election tensions in Mozambique which has claimed at least...

JOHANNESBURG South Africa has announced the temporary closure of a busy border crossing with Mozambique due to the ongoing post-election...

MOGADISHU, Somalia The Somali government announced Tuesday that it has reached a debt forgiveness agreement totaling more than $1.14 billion...

JOHANNESBURG South Africa and Britain said Tuesday they will work on strengthening trade ties during a meeting in Cape Town....

LILONGWE, Malawi Hundreds of medical professionals staged a protest march on Wednesday in Mozambique’s capital, “pleading” an end to violence...

LILONGWE, Malawi The Islamic Council of Mozambique on Tuesday offered mediation between the government and rebels fighting in the northern...

HARARE, Zimbabwe Zimbabwean authorities have stopped police officers from using mobile phones while on duty. A memo circulated across police...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia A new UN study revealed Tuesday that 733 million people, or one in every 11 people worldwide,...

JUBA, South Sudan Malaria has killed 41 people, 36 of whom were children, in South Sudan's Greater Pibor Administrative Area,...

ISTANBUL Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was received Sunday by Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh in Djibouti City, according to...