Africa

“The national “state of disaster” is also to be extended until August 12," the South African president said.

Zindzi Mandela was South Africa's ambassador to Denmark

“A group of armed people came to the Modise church and allegedly attacked people who were inside..."

“Social media platforms Twitter and Facebook were restricted on Friday, but internet access remained patchy’’

The bank’s funding will contribute to supporting Libya's national response plan for COVID-19.

Amadou Gon Coulibaly died on Wednesday in Abidjan

According to Dr Bossman Asare, deputy chairperson of the Electoral Commission, writing one’s telephone number behind the voters’ ID card...

The growth outlook for 2021 and beyond would depend largely on African governments’ effectiveness in flattening the curve of the...

WHO said the immunisation was carried out while observing COVID-19 infection prevention and control measures.

As of Friday morning, about 195,729 of the 414,011 infected persons have recovered.

Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa was shot and killed in the capital Addis Ababa on Monday.

Hachalu was shot and killed in the Addis Ababa suburb of Gelan Condominiums on Monday with his supporters blaming security...

Local authorities believe the raid was a revenge attack for a similar incident several weeks earlier.

Hachalu Hundessa was shot and killed in the city’s suburb of Gelan Condominiums on Monday evening, local media reported.

An estimated 10 million people -- half of the country's population at the time -- died in Congo during the...

The figures show that South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana, have the highest reported cases in the continent.

IOM tweeted: “184 migrants, among them 14 women and 11 children, were returned to Tripoli in Libya by the coast...

For those who did not vote for him, Mr Chakwera said the new Malawi is for all and he asked...

“The outbreak started in August 2018. There were 3,470 cases, 2,287 lives lost and 1,171 survivors, making it the second-deadliest...

The rejections of a claim for financial compensation by former DRC vice president Jean Pierre Bemba suggests that the International...

The country's death toll is now 1,991

Nearly 670,000 pupils from state and private schools, and 128,000 from religious schools, are due to sit the exams.

Since June 9, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan have been holding regular video meetings to discuss issues related to the dam

Kenya secured 129 votes, just one point above the required two-thirds majority of 128 votes, as against Djibouti’s 62.

Evariste Ndayishimiye succeeds Pierre Nkurunziza who died on June 9.