Africa

Cape Town : Jacob Zuma, South Africa's former president, on Sunday announced his refusal to serve his 15-months prison sentence.On Tuesday, the 79-year-old...

Addis Ababa: Rebels in Ethiopia's Tigray region have taken control over the capital Makele region, the Tigray People's Liberation Front said in a...

Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) said Monday that they were back in control of Mekele, the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region.

Geneva: Africa is in the midst of a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, as cases surge weekly and are on course to overtake the second wave at its peak if...

Lusaka:   Zambia's first President Kenneth Kaunda has died, according to the Zambian government on Thursday.Secretary to the Cabinet Simon...

At least 90 people were killed by armed men in northwestern Nigeria, local media reported on Friday citing the region's police.

Johannesburg : A South African woman gave birth to 10 babies at a local hospital on Monday night, said her family and the local government on...

Lagos: At least 88 people were killed and scores of others wounded following attacks by bandits in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kebbi, local police...

Berlin: 'At Night All Blood is Black', a novel by French-Senagalese writer David Diop, translated from French by Anna Moschovakis, has won the International...

Cairo: In an effort to avoid a repeat of the event like The Ever Given, a cargo ship which was struck in Egypt, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has announced...