Africa

Lawmakers from more than a dozen African countries have pledged to push new bills restricting LGBT rights, after a conference in Ghana that brought together self-described “pro-family” activists from across ...

At least 12 people were killed and nine injured on Tuesday evening when gunmen opened fire at an informal settlement in Cleveland, east of Johannesburg, police said on Wednesday. Police said ...

Nearly 50 people died of thirst after a truck carrying them from Mali to Niger broke down in the Sahara desert, local authorities said. The Nigerien nationals were returning home to ...

The World Health Organisation said on Friday that there were 906 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including 223 suspected deaths that were being investigated. An outbreak of ...

A fire tore through a dormitory at a girls’ school in a town in Kenya’s Rift Valley overnight, killing 16 students, the government said on Thursday. The fire, whose cause ...

In an Ebola outbreak, hours matter. Yet the response to the deadly and fast-spreading epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is weeks if not months behind – and missing thousands ...

U.S. President Donald Trump increased the refugee admissions ceiling by 10,000 for this year to allow more white South Africans to come into the country, a signed presidential determination reviewed ...

A US citizen who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic ​of Congo, where an outbreak of a rare strain of the virus has killed over 130 people, is being treated in ...

The Ebola outbreak linked to more than 130 deaths in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo likely started two months ago and is expected to continue to grow, the World Health Organization ...

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organisation, after 80 suspected deaths and ...

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, was killed in an operation conducted by US and Nigerian forces. “Tonight, at my ...

Across Africa, efficient use of water is increasingly crucial. Researchers and local communities have joined forces in six countries to restore land, water and livelihoods through nature-based solutions. By Helen ...

Medics were working on Monday to evacuate two people with symptoms of the deadly hantavirus after a suspected outbreak on a luxury cruise ship held off West Africa carrying mostly ...

Moroccan nationals who studied at universities in northern Cyprus staged a protest outside the country’s parliament in Rabat on Wednesday over the Moroccan government’s decision to cease its ...

The Cypriot government has promised to provide at least €850,000 worth of humanitarian assistance to Sudan as the civil war in the northeast African country enters its fourth year. “At the ...

Pope Leo on Wednesday urged Cameroon’s government to root out corruption and resist “the whims of the rich and powerful”, in a forceful speech given in the presence of ...

Two arms brokers arranged illegal deals to supply ex-Soviet surface-to-air missile systems to South Sudan and fighter jets to Libya during its civil war, British prosecutors told a London court ...

Pope Leo paid homage to his spiritual roots on Tuesday, travelling to the ancient birthplace in Algeria of St. Augustine of Hippo, who inspired him to become a priest. The ...

Pope Leo set off on Monday for an ambitious 10-day tour of four countries in Africa, in a bid tourge global leaders ​to address the needs on the continent where ...

Benin’s finance minister Romuald Wadagni was expected to coast to victory in a presidential election on Sunday, buoyed by strong economic growth and the absence of a credible challenger ...

Ghana intends to propose a United Nations resolution recognising transatlantic slavery as the “gravest crime in the history of humankind” and calling for reparations, and expects broad support despite resistance ...

Police in Uganda said on Tuesday they had arrested two young women they accuse of involvement in same-sex acts after they were seen “openly kissing” in violation of the country’...

Fifty-three migrants, including two babies, were dead or missing after a rubber boat carrying 55 people capsised off the coast of Libya, the International Organisation for Migration said on Monday. The ...

Gunmen killed three people and abducted a Catholic priest and several others during an early morning attack on the clergyman’s residence in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, church and ...