The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously backed a resolution that lays the groundwork for deploying a UN police presence in Burundi to help quell...
Libyan presidential council demanded for a transfer of power to the newly appointed UN-backed government of national accord, local media reported on Sunday. “The presidential...
Candidates bidding for their party’s nomination in the US presidential election face their biggest test yet in the “Super Tuesday” primary polls. Eleven states cast...
Africa’s biggest economy, Nigeria, is looking for $3.5-billion (U.S.) in low-interest loans from the World Bank and the African Development Bank as it struggles with...
The Republic of Congo will hold early presidential elections in March, authorities said, after a new constitution removed barriers to President Denis Sassou Nguesso extending...
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A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber detonated himself in the middle of a procession of hundreds of moderate Shiite Muslims, and organizers say he killed...
Teaching at schools in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno on Tuesday resumed, more than one year after a shutdown due to Boko Haram attacks. Before...
A man cycles past a barricade set up by protestors in the Nyakabiga neighborhood in Bujumbura. Photographer: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images When night falls, the...
President Muhammadu Buhari will officially inaugurate a new Federal Executive Council on Wednesday, November 11, 2015. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to...
Killings, rapes, burning of villages and abductions are continuing in South Sudan where the government and rebels are stockpiling weapons in violation of a peace...
The long revolution by Khaled Fahmy Political demonstrators mix with food stalls and people praying in Tahrir Square following Friday prayers. Photo by Martin Roemers/Panos...
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has landed in India and already he is causing a stir. The controversial leader, indicted for genocide and war crimes by...
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jets have successfully carried out airstrikes and destroyed the Boko Haram sect’s vehicle workshops, fuel and ammunition within the Sambisa...