Africa

Lagos: Former Nigerian minister Obiageli Ezekwesili, co-founder of a group to raise awareness about more than 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014, on...

Hawassa( Ethiopia): Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told members of his ruling coalition that "an attack on one is an attack on all" on...

Abuja: Nigeria's women's affairs minister submitted her resignation in a letter to the president on Saturday, becoming the second cabinet member to...

Nairobi: An estimated 190,000 people have been killed in South Sudan's civil war and when factors such as population displacement, disruption to health...

Nairobi: The World Bank has approved $80 million in loans to Somalia to fund public finance reforms, marking the first disbursement to the government of the...

Geneva: The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that an Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo could worsen rapidly because of...

Dar Es Saalam:Tanzanian authorities said on Sunday the number of people who died in a ferry that capsized in Lake Victoria had risen to 224 and the...

Mogadishu: Two car bombs exploded in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday, injuring two people, an emergency worker and a police officer said. It was...

Abuja: Nigeria's two main oil unions have prepared their members for possible nationwide industrial action over a staffing dispute with Chevron, they...

Ukara (Tanzania): Divers on Saturday rescued a man from the wreck of an overcrowded Tanzanian ferry that capsized on Lake Victoria on Thursday, killing at...