Society

Burkina Faso's military junta said it has adopted the draft of an amended family code that criminalises homosexuality. The West...

Gambian lawmakers adopted recommendations on Monday for the country to maintain its ban on female genital mutilation ahead of a...

Nearly 1,000 homes in informal settlements in Cape Town, South Africa, have been destroyed by gale-force winds, displacing around 4,000...

It has been widely viewed as a historic achievement as Senegal joins an elite group of African countries operating a...

Sierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to end...

The Central African Republic's three million children are the world's most deprived, with widespread malnutrition, inadequate healthcare access and instability...

Ethiopia and South Sudan are set to build a 220-km cross-border road, following a $738-million financial agreement signed in May...

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have approved the use of two mpox vaccines to try to tackle an...

The United Nations on Wednesday flagged harmful new drug concoctions, named kush, Khadafi, and Monkey Tail, as posing particular health...

Seen from the air, they ripple across the landscape — a river of antelope racing across the vast grasslands of...