Society

Somalia has banned TikTok, messaging app Telegram and online-betting website 1XBet to limit the spread of indecent content and propaganda,...

Ethiopia's House of People’s Representatives votes in favour of the state of emergency declared by the federal government over violence...

After 18 years of operating in Kampala, the UN's human rights mission will close on Saturday because the Ugandan government...

Mobile internet access was down in parts of Ethiopia's Amhara region and flights to two cities were cancelled on Thursday,...

In Uganda, plastic pollution is a growing problem. Despite repeated plastic bans since 2009, there are no signs the use of this material is...

No to "quotas" linked to skin colour. A new law aimed at increasing black employment in South Africa is angering...

A Sudanese general rejected in threatening language a Kenyan-led proposal that East African peacekeepers help end a more than 100-day...

Gabon launched what is set to be Africa's first debt-for-nature swap on Tuesday, with a plan to buy up at...

Four types of medicine, made in India, caused the deaths of at least 70 children in Gambia last year, according...

Democratic Republic of Congo's former president Joseph Kabila has rejected accusations from neighbouring Uganda that he gave sanctuary to a...