Politics

The grandson of late South African president and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela arrived in Johannesburg on Wednesday after being detained...

More than 200 health facilities in war-hit eastern Congo have run out of medicines due to widespread looting and supply...

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina named army General Ruphin Fortunat Zafisambo as prime minister on Monday, a week after dissolving the...

Rising Nile waters inundated homes and fields in northern Egypt over the weekend, forcing residents to move by boat and...

Tens of thousands of people gathered behind the esplanade of the Omnisports stadium in Douala on Sunday to listen to...

Protesters returned to the streets of cities in Madagascar on Monday for a third week of anti-government demonstrations that are now demanding...

Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu went on trial for treason on Monday in the capital Dar es Salaam, weeks before the East...

Malawi's newly-elected President Peter Mutharika named Joseph Mwanamvekha as finance minister late on Sunday, returning him to a role he...

Chad's parliament has overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment abolishing presidential term limits, a move critics decry as a maneuver to...

There were rival rallies on Saturday in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo, after days of deadly youth-led protests. What began as anger...