Africa

Slave trade uprooted 15 to 20M Africans who were forcibly dragged to Americas or Caribbean, according to UN DOUALA, Cameroon...

Authorities aim to cover 3.5M children in nationwide campaign LUSAKA, Zambia Zambia on Thursday kicked off a mass oral polio...

Socio-economic reintegration of children remains challenge, says UN official KIGALI, Rwanda At least 17,500 children have been released from armed...

Africa’s most advanced economy gets closer to ambitious investment target of around $100 billion set in 2018 JOHANNESBURG South Africa...

Country ‘committed to exert maximum effort to facilitate the free flow of emergency aid' into region NAIROBI, Kenya/ ADDIS ABABA,...

Abuja, Nigeria - On the commemoration of World Water Day, UNICEF is raising concerns about Nigeria, where an estimated 70%...

3 police officers also wounded as terrorists attack Aden Adde International Airport, say police MOGADISHU, Somalia Two terrorists were killed...

FAO, WFP say more than 18 million face acute hunger in Sudan KHARTOUM, Sudan Around half of Sudan’s population will...

MADRID, Spain: Amidst its strained relations with Morocco, Spain's prime minister has written to the Moroccan king agreeing that having...

CAIRO, Egypt: Five ancient tombs were discovered earlier this month outside Egypt's capital Cairo. The tombs date to the Old...