Africa

UGANDA this week doled out 25 million euros to MPs to buy new cars, sparking outrage in a poor country where the coronavirus pandemic...

IVORY Coast leader Alassane Ouattara will meet his predecessor and former rival Laurent Gbagbo on July 27 for their first talks since Gbagbo's return...

FORTY-SIX years ago, Samora Machel, the leader of Mozambique’s liberation movement and the country’s first president, stood before a euphoric crowd at Machava Stadium...

FORCES from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region have mounted attacks in neighbouring Afar region, a spokesman for Afar said on Monday, marking an expansion of...

POLICE said 13 people were killed and many others seriously burned when an overturned petrol tanker exploded in western Kenya as crowds thronged to...

AFRICA recorded an additional 1 million coronavirus cases in the past month, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa said Thursday.Matshidiso Moeti said...

FOLAHANMI AINA| FRANCE recently announced plans to close its military operation battling Islamist militants in the Sahel region of West Africa. President Emmanuel Macron said the...

The Botswana government on Tuesday warned its citizens to avoid travelling to South Africa and eSwatini where violent protests have disrupted daily activities and...