Africa

Egypt on Friday confirmed its first case of coronavirus, making it the first known infection in Africa. A joint statement from Egypt's health and...

TUNIS: Tunisian Prime Minister-designate Elyes Fakhfakh announced on Saturday the lineup of his proposed government. The new cabinet is composed of 31...

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned Sunday that nymph (baby) desert locusts maturing in Somalia's rebel-held backcountry, where...

African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat told leaders of the 55-member bloc, which held its annual summit in Addis Ababa, that new crises in...

In a first for the southern African nation, Malawi's Constitutional Court annulled the results of last year's presidential election in a decision...

The Sudanese government and major rebel groups on Friday signed a preliminary accord in South Sudan, marking another positive step towards ending several...

Burkina Faso will begin two days of national mourning Wednesday after militants killed 36 civilians in what the government described as an attack carried...

The United Nations Security Council praised the commitment shown by world leaders to support a plan to restore peace in conflict-torn Libya and urged the...

A UN delegation arrived in the town of Agadez on Tuesday after angry asylum-seekers set fire to a refugee camp on Saturday, burning almost 300 homes. The...

The World Health Organization announced that the death toll from the Democratic Republic of Congo's measles epidemic has surpassed 6,000, making it the...