Thousands of Nigerian women marked International Women's Day in Lagos on Wednesday (Mar. 8). Some gathered at the city's Mobolaji...
A new attack on the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday night killed more than 40 people, according to...
A court in Burundi has charged 24 people with "homosexual practices," a judicial source and a human rights activist in...
The UN Security Council voted Wednesday to renew for a year the sanctions regime that has hit Sudan since 2005...
Nigeria’s election commission has postponed the West African nation’s March 11 gubernatorial election, an official announced late Wednesday, citing logistics...
Zimbabwe, Africa's largest tobacco producer, opened its tobacco-selling season Wednesday, with a speech by the vice president and eager international...
Egypt has eased the conditions for granting its nationality to foreigners who invest in dollars in the country plagued by...
The sinking of a mini ferry in Gabon, departing from Libreville to reach Port-Gentil, has left "at least two people...
"The first 15 minutes, I thought about aborting." The former international basketball player Isabelle Yacoubou, nicknamed "Baby Shaq" in reference...
Senegal, touted as a "democratic model" in West Africa, is facing rising tensions, a year ahead of the presidential election....