Africa

Africa has now recorded more than 100,000 infections of the novel coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday. More...

CAPE TOWN: South Africa on Tuesday reported 698 confirmed COVID-19 cases, the highest surge in a 24-hour cycle since the country reported its first case in...

A 26-year-old man became the first person to be infected with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since February, UN health officials declared...

MAPUTO: President of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi on Monday declared a state of emergency due to COVID-19 for 30 days, starting from April 1. In his speech to...

Malians headed to the polls Sunday for a long-delayed parliamentary election, less than a day after the country reported its first death from...

All unnecessary movements outside the home have been banned for an initial two weeks except for essential services such as health care and shopping for...

Khartoum: Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok escaped unharmed an assassination attempt in an attack on his convoy in Khartoum on Monday, media...

Peace talks between the government of Libya and rival military commander Khalifa Haftar collapsed on Monday after 10 months of conflict, the parties...

South Sudan was hoping to enter a new era on Saturday as the formation of a coalition government, also known as the "unity government," marked the...

Former South African President FW de Klerk on Monday apologized and withdrew a statement he made earlier this month in which he claimed that the...