Category : AFRIKA HERALD

File photo of Boko Haram fighters with their leader Abubakar Shekau. Up to 150 people drowned in a river or were shot dead fleeing Boko...

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir refused Monday to sign a peace agreement with rebel forces, saying he needs more time, mediators said Monday. Kiir said...

Displaced Nigerians expelled from Cameroon wait in line for a meal. Photo: OCHA The United Nations refugee agency today expressed concern about the escalating violence...

Nigeria’s external reserves rose 0.2 per cent month-to-date to $31.5 billion as at last week, representing a $200 million increase from the July record, which...

Nigeria’s overdependence on military equipment from abroad is “unacceptable,” according to president Buhari. The army has long complained that the lack of weapons is harming...

Several hostages remain trapped after gunmen stormed a hotel in Mali during a shootout with the military. At least five Malian soldiers and two of...

Planned peace talks next week between Libyan factions will take place in Geneva, instead of Morocco, Libyan officials said Friday. Libya is bitterly divided between...

Depraved Boko Haram “extremists” have released a shocking new video of a uniformed man – believed to be a police officer – being handcuffed, held...

The world’s population grew to seven billion in 2011. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe The world’s population is projected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030, 9.7 billion...

People demonstrate in Bujumbura against a decision by Burundi’s ruling party to nominate President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third term (April 2015). Photo:...

Saadi Gaddafi, the son of late dictator Colonel Gaddafi who fled abroad during Libya’s revolution, has appeared in a video being tortured and tied to...

Uganda’s then-Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi gives a speech during the second day of the World Economic Forum Meeting on Africa, at the Cape Town International...

Game of musical chairs however could only bring more uncertainty in East Africa, and frustration with its opportunistic politics. Edward Lowassa: Former Tanzania ex-PM set...

President of Cameroon Paul Biya (2-L) walks with his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari (L) following his arrival at the airport in Yaounde on Wednesday. (AFP)...

His Imperial Majesty Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuwade (CFR, DCL, LLD, D. LITT) Olubuse II OONI of Ife ONI OF IFE ; OBA SIJUWADE CROSS OVER...

Doctors to decide further treatment for Nobel Peace laureate, who has lived with prostate cancer for 15 years. Under apartheid, Tutu campaigned against white minority...

President Obama twice called the government of Ethiopia “democratically elected” on Monday as he stood by the country’s prime minister, two months after elections that...

U.S. President Barack Obama prepares to lay a wreath at the August 7th Memorial Park to pay tribute to the victims of the August 7,...

It was a big family reunion when President Obama arrived in Kenya Friday. Obama, who is visiting his father’s homeland for the fourth time but...