Africa

The Central African Republic holds presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday.

The medical union had issued a strike notice on November 16 which it suspended for a few weeks before reinstating...

Health authorities in Egypt on Thursday reported 1,021 new virus cases, highest recorded daily rate in months.

In Ethiopia, the chairperson of the winning party becomes prime minister.

Bobi Wine, leader of the opposition National Unity Platform party, says there have been three attempts on his life.

The lawyer is a vocal critic of the President Yoweri Museveni-led government and has worked to promote civil liberties in...

"Botswana is now known to have the highest adult smoking rate in the African region."

In recent days, South Africa has seen a strong second wave, with the government documenting about 9,000 new cases a...

The governor of Cameroon’s Far North region says that within the past two months, Boko Haram has been establishing ties...

Human Rights Watch said 21 civilians, including 13 children and a pregnant woman, were killed

The report estimates that ICBT serves as a source of income for about 43 per cent of Africa’s population ''and...

MANACOVID was extracted from local medicinal plants.

The announcement, made at about 1:40 a.m. local time (22:40 GMT, Monday), comes in the wake of Somaliland's President, Muse...

On Friday, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) confirmed the death of three colleagues in Tigray Region last month.

The Rwanda health ministry is working to ensure it receives the COVID-19 vaccine when it is rolled out.

The women were awarded $35,000 each for the harm they suffered in the height of Kenya’s worst political violence.

“The vaccine is 96 per cent to 100 per cent effective in mild and severe cases,” an official added.

According to Jean Mensah, the chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, the total number of valid votes cast at...

The president said the decisive margin of his victory constitutes an endorsement of the policies and programmes initiated by his...

A government official told reporters that the incident happened as the U.N. team tried to reach the Shimelba camp for...

Misinformation is circulating on social media, including a claim that the ballot papers had been designed to make Mr Mahama...

Members of the parliament loyal to Joseph Kabila are increasingly at odds with supporters of the president.

Ahead of election day, the president declared a national holiday to encourage citizens to participate in the process

The death of Mr Matsipa and others at the hands of armed poachers shows the hostile environment in which they...

All the allies of Mr Kabila, who were to undertake the trip and who were already at N’djili International Airport...