Society

The floods currently affecting Central and West Africa have already impacted more than 700,000 people, according to a report from...

A Kenyan cult leader, Paul Mackenzie, has gone on trial for manslaughter following the deaths of more than 400 of...

Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo agreed to reopen their border on Monday after resolving a trade dispute between...

Democratic Republic of Congo said on Sunday it had begun talks with Zambia a day after its southern African neighbour...

The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in Uganda's capital Kampala has risen to 13, police...

A landslide triggered by heavy rains in southern Ethiopia’s Wolaita area killed at least 13 people and the number of...

Meta said Wednesday it had removed about 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria that were engaging in sexual extortion and had...

At least 157 people were killed in mudslides in a remote part of Ethiopia that has been hit with heavy...

Nigeria fined Meta Platforms $220 million, its competition watchdog said on Friday, after investigations showed data-sharing on social platforms violated local...

Gambia's parliament on Monday rejected a bill that would have ended a ban on female genital mutilation after lawmakers voted...