Africa

Violence erupted last week in Tigray involving federal and local forces.

More than 7,000 Ethiopian refugees have crossed the border, fleeing clashes between forces of the Ethiopian federal government and the...

The lifting of the ban comes barely two months after President Yoweri Museveni, in September, directed the reopening of the...

CPJ called on Ethiopian authorities to immediately release broadcast journalist Bekalu Alamrew, who was arrested on November 4 and has...

More than 8,000 Ivorians have fled rising political tensions in Ivory Coast.

A former lawmaker left for Kenya after being briefly detained following his loss in controversial  October elections.

The opposition boycotted the October 31 ballot after Ouattara decided to run for a third term in a country that...

President Magufuli appealed to all Tanzanians to join him in his efforts to bring prosperity to the nation, now that...

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Campaign for the January 14 election is to begin on November 19.

The deployed personnel will be drawn from the police service, military, fire service, prison service, immigration service, customs service, and...

In June, the World Bank had granted Morocco a loan of US$500 million to support its key policy reforms.

The illegal immigrants were arrested when immigration officials conducted a clean-up operation in some densely populated residential areas in Lusaka.

Zimbabwean police earlier said Mr Chin’ono was using his Twitter handle to “undermine the integrity of the courts.’’

NAN reports that the number of deaths increased to 43,000 as at November 3 against 41,000 as at October 26.

“...we did not issue a permit for anyone to hold demonstrations, so these are illegal demonstrations.’’

The incumbent won with more than 84 per cent of the vote in the election

At least six journalists and one media worker were arrested – with four held for more than two days.

The emergency was first imposed in April 2017, following bomb attacks at two churches in Gharbiya and Alexandria.

Anti-riot police fired tear gas and beat protesters to break up the demonstrations that attracted around 2,000 people.

The resumption of the direct talks within the 5+5 Joint Military Commission began on October 19 in Geneva, under UN...

After the intervention by the military in Mali, ECOWAS had insisted on a transition government led by a civilian, and...

The robbers gained entry into the court’s criminal registry, after attacking and disarming police officers manning the premises.

About one out of three girls in South Sudan become pregnant before turning 15 years of age.

Egypt has in recent years stepped up the search for ancient artefacts in an attempt to revive its battered tourism...