Africa

LUSAKA Israel reopened its embassy in Zambia on Wednesday after more than five decades of closure, Israeli media reported. The...

A non-governmental organisation, Human Rights Watch, has berated the U.S. State Department report on human rights practices for the year...

KIGALI, Rwanda Amnesty International on Wednesday accused warring factions in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo of committing horrific abuses, including...

ACCRA Burkina Faso on Monday declared UN Resident Coordinator Carol Flore-Smereczniak persona non grata over her role in co-chairing the...

MOGADISHU, Somalia Over 100 al-Shabaab terrorists were killed in an operation by the Somali military, a security official said Monday....

NAIROBI Qatar has shared a draft peace agreement with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the M23 rebel group...

Achieving total peace will be a challenge because there are multiple actors involved, all of them with divergent interests, warns...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has formally recognised the Sango Festival as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of...

KIGALI, Rwanda Mali’s military government said Thursday that security forces foiled an attempt to “destabilize government institutions” by elements of...

LUSAKA, Zambia African leaders have endorsed a peace process to resolve the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with...