Africa

Nairobi: Police fired tear gas and water cannon at stone-throwing crowds protesting in central Nairobi against an election oversight body that they say is...

Abuja (Nigeria): The Nigerian army said on Monday it had arrested members of a militant group which has claimed responsibility for a wave of attacks on...

Kampala: Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye was charged with treason late on Friday for declaring himself president and challenging the election...

Khartoum: Sweat drips from Arafat Abkar's brow as she dodges blows in an open-air arena in Khartoum's searing summer heat. Wearing only shorts and a...

Lubumbashi (Democratic Republic of Congo): Congo police fired teargas on Friday at thousands of supporters rallying outside the prosecutor's office...

Johannesburg: South Africa's High Court on Friday gave the green light for a class action suit seeking damages from the gold mining sector on behalf of...

Nairobi: Kenya is drawing up a timetable to close Dadaab refugee camp that hosts about 350,000 Somalis because of security concerns, the interior minister...

Nairobi: Kenyan police fired tear gas and water cannon on Monday at stone-throwing protesters in Nairobi who had gathered to demand that a body supervising...

Mogadishu: A suicide car bomb at Mogadishu's traffic police headquarters killed at least two officers on Monday, Somali police said, and the...

Nairobi: Kenyan authorities said on Sunday the number of people killed when a multi-storey residential building collapsed in the capital Nairobi more than a...