Africa

On Jan. 3, President Samia Suluhu Hassan lifted ban on political rallies imposed by her predecessor John Magufuli in 2016...

Maroua, Cameroon - Activists in Cameroon are urging more women candidates to enter races for Senate seats before a January...

The Conversation The authorship - and therefore origins - of jollof rice (called ceebu jën in Senegal according to the...

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Soldiers rescued a group of 62 women and four babies abducted by suspected jihadis last week...

MOGADISHU, Somalia A senior trained Somali national army commando was killed Friday and several wounded when al-Shabaab terrorists launched an...

DOUALA, Cameroon About 50 women recently abducted in northern Burkina Faso by suspected terrorists have been found, local sources reported...

South Africa is a member of BRICS, a bloc of emerging economies that includes Russia, Brazil, India, and China JOHANNESBURG ...

55 survivors rescued after boat capsizes on Lulonga River, says official KIGALI, Rwanda  Approximately 145 people are missing after a...

Operation launched after al-Shabaab killed 10 soldiers, including senior commander, in attack on military base MOGADISHU, Somalia  More than 40...

Some 20,000 members of Tutsi ethnic group live as refugees in Kenya NAIROBI, Kenya  Dozens of Tutsi refugees protested in...