Africa, World

More than $150 million have been paid to pirates around the Horn of Africa over the past 12 months.The money is encouraging them to continue and...

Somali security forces and Islamic insurgents engaged in one of the fiercest gunbattles in recent weeks in the capital on Friday. At least 17 people...

Rwanda's booming manufacturing and farming sectors could push growth in the country to 10% this year, according to the Rwandan central bank governor.

A judge has sentenced a 19-year-old white South African to four life terms in jail for killing four black people in a shooting spree in January....

Oxfam welcomes the UN Security Council resolution to authorize an additional 3,000 troops and police for the UN peacekeeping force, MONUC....

The Red Cross has just completed a distribution of basic necessities to nearly 20,000 people in villages of north-western CAR.In September, the...

As Ghana counts down to its presidential and parliamentary elections on 7 December, the national police service says it has identified 1,399...

Getting married in Nigeria often requires more than just the bride and groom turning up at the altar, and having witnesses and wedding rings present:...

A ground-breaking South African study has provided the first hard evidence that treating HIV-positive babies with antiretroviral (ARV) medicines from...