Africa

LAGOS, Nigeria At least 170 people were killed and nearly 2,000 injured in rain-and-flood-related incidents across Nigeria during two weeks...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia  Seeing mpox as a health issue solely affecting Africa "is both wrong and inappropriate," the head of...

KIGALI, Rwanda  The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday hailed the delivery of the first mpox vaccines in Africa as a...

KIGALI, Rwanda  Kenya has sent troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to join a UN peacekeeping force tasked...

KHARTOUM, Sudan  At least 60 people were reported dead as a dam collapsed in eastern Sudan on Monday amid torrential...

JOHANNESBURG Denmark will close its embassies in Burkina Faso and Mali, and open new missions in Senegal, Tunisia, and Rwanda...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia A landslide in the northern Gondar zone of Ethiopia's Amhara region has claimed the lives of 23...

TIGRAN GAMBARYAN DETAINED FOR 6 MONTHS IN NIGERIA; DENIED CONSULAR AND LEGAL ACCESS, CAN NO LONGER WALK ABUJA – Today marks...

JOHANNESBURG The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Saturday expressed solidarity with the governments and peoples of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger,...

YAOUNDE, Cameroon In many parts of the world, including Africa, seashells served as a widely accepted form of currency for...