Africa

Bamako: Malians voted in a run-off presidential election under heavy security on Sunday, with incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita expected to win a second term...

Nairobi: Kenyan authorities have arrested the head of the agency that manages public land and the boss of the state railway on suspicion of corruption over...

Goma(Congo): Four new cases of Ebola virus have been confirmed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the health ministry said, as authorities prepare to...

Kinshasa: Congo's President Joseph Kabila will not stand in the election scheduled for December, a spokesman said, finally agreeing to obey a two-term...

Mangina(Congo): Congolese officials and the World Health Organisation began vaccinating health workers against the deadly Ebola virus on Wednesday, to try...

Juba: A peace deal in South Sudan has revived hope not just that the guns will stop firing but that economic stability can return. Since war broke out in...

Cairo:The South Sudan government reached a final peace deal and power-sharing agreement with the country's main rebel group on Sunday, said the foreign...

Harare: Twenty-seven members of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) appeared in a Zimbabwe court facing public violence charges on Saturday...

Harare: At least one person was killed in Zimbabwe's capital Harare on Wednesday as soldiers stepped in to disperse stone-throwing opposition supporters...

Harare: Zimbabwe's opposition accused the election commission on Tuesday of deliberately delaying results of this week's vote to favour the ruling...