Society

The recent attacks by armed groups in northern Mozambique displaced tens of thousands in July alone, deepening an already dire...

Nurses in Nigeria's public hospitals began a seven-day "warning" strike on Wednesday, demanding improved remuneration, better working conditions and increased...

Kenyan human rights activist Boniface Mwangi, who has played a prominent role in anti-government protests, was freed on bail on...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa placed police minister Senzo Mchunu on immediate leave of absence on Sunday, following accusations by...

A South African top security official accused the police minister and a deputy national commissioner of colluding with crime syndicates,...

Liberia's president, Joseph Boakai, issued a formal state apology to the victims of the country's two civil wars between 1989...

The Trump administration has deported to South Sudan eight migrants who had been held for more than a month by...

Mali’s armed forces have killed 80 militants in response to a series of simultaneous and coordinated attacks on military posts...

Africa will be self-sufficient in fertiliser within 40 months, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote said on Friday, on the basis of...

Burundi is urging the United Nations to officially recognize the mass killings of Hutus in 1972–1973 as a genocide, over...