Africa

JOHANNESBURG Mauritanians started casting their ballots on Saturday to choose a new president among seven candidates, including the incumbent Mohamed...

GENEVA Sudan is experiencing the "worst levels" of acute food insecurity ever recorded, with 755,000 people facing starvation, according to...

KIGALI, Rwanda Campaigning for the Rwandan presidency continued Thursday with incumbent President Paul Kagame rallying voters in a bid for...

KINSHASA, Congo The number of monkeypox cases continued to increase overnight Wednesday in Congo. The government and its partners have...

ABUJA, Nigeria Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NNPCL) said Thursday that 165 facilities illegally refining stolen crude oil were destroyed...

There are 1.9 million registered voters in the country of some 4.5 million people 'Ghazouani will win because of the...

GENEVA The UN human rights chief said on Thursday he was saddened by the outbreak of violence during protests against...

JOHANNESBURG A mortar attack in the strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) killed two South African soldiers and injured...

ISTANBUL Türkiye on Wednesday “strongly” condemned a terror attack in Niger, said the country’s Foreign Ministry in a statement. “We...

WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Antony Blinken thanked Kenyan President William Ruto in a phone call Wednesday for taking steps...