Some 11 million children in eastern and southern Africa face hunger, disease, and water shortages as a result of the…
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Ethiopia has barred Eritrean footballers from playing in East Africa’s premiere football tournament this month because of political tensions between…
France proposed a draft resolution to the UN Security Council aimed at toughening the international response to an outbreak of…
Twenty-nine-year-old Song strolls through the streets of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, as loud music blares out from the stalls of…
Residents of Freetown in Sierra Leone have celebrated the end of an Ebola epidemic that has killed almost 4,000 people…
For the past year and a half, rival militias loyal to rival goverments in Libya, have been fighting what has…
Freetown, Sierra Leone – A year and a half after the Ebola outbreak began there is at last good news…
Four South African police officers have surrendered themselves after a surveillance video of them shooting a suspected robber was broadcast.…
South Sudan Rebel fighters have finally released 13 United Nations (UN) workers who were held hostage for a week, the UN…
Al-Shabab fighters in Somalia have struck again – managing to evade security measures to stage an attack in downtown Mogadishu.…
Nairobi, Kenya – Abdalle Mumin is still looking over his shoulder, even after months spent in what he calls “exile”.…
At least five people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an attack on a hotel in the centre…
At least two people have been killed and several wounded in communal riot in the capital of the Central African…
Filmmaker: Brian Tilley “Study after study has taught us that there is no tool for development more effective than the…
When it comes to influence in Africa, one country towers above all others: China. The leadership there has spent billions…
Tanzania’s elections have been thrown into doubt after the semi-autonomous Zanzibar archipelago annulled polls, sparking tension on the islands and…
South African President Jacob Zuma has said he will meet student leaders and university authorities to discuss planned hikes in…
Zambia leader Edgar Lungu has turned to God in a bid to stop the freefall of his country’s ailing currency,…
Guinea’s President Alpha Conde easily won re-election and will serve a second five-year term after avoiding a run off against his…
Burkina Faso’s army said that a general accused of leading a failed coup last month would be prosecuted on an array…