The Ebola outbreak is taking place in a region that has been through decades of deadly conflict. That's affecting how responders are doing their work, from testing to treating patients.
Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey will miss his nation's first World Cup game in Toronto against Panama, after being denied entry to Canada.
Sylvester Muigai Ndung'u was in Nanyuki to fetch a school uniform on Tuesday, his mother says.
Zambia’s recent cancellation of RightsCon at the eleventh hour highlights China’s influence in Africa and how the economic giant is unforgiving in protecting its strategic and geopolitical interests.
Bola Tinubu was addressing the nation on Democracy Day, marking the return to civilian rule in 1999.
Former captain Dean Furman says South Africa were "miles off it" in their World Cup opener against Mexico, as many on the continent 'hate-watch' Bafana Bafana.
Former two-time world champion Gudaf Tsegay is banned for four months after admitting the presence of a prohibited substance in an out-of-competition test.
Southwark Council in south London takes possession of a property linked to Sierra Leone's Fatima Bio.
The Italian energy giant’s move into offshore Block A1 has renewed expectations that Africa’s smallest mainland nation could one day join neighbouring Senegal as an oil producer.
Reports of forced conscription, a controversial mobilisation law and allegations of military build-up have heightened fears that northern Ethiopia could be edging towards renewed conflict, drawing Pretoria peace deal architect Olusegun Obasanjo back to Tigray.
[UNHCR] Geneva -- Barham Salih, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, launched the agency's flagship Global Trends Report today, which reveals global forced displacement has decreased for the first time in a decade while remaining unacceptably high.
A decade of progress in closing Africa’s trade finance gap is at risk as energy prices, insurance costs and dollar shortages rise.
[The Point] The Gambia has become the first African country to ratify the African Union Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls, marking a major milestone in the country's efforts to advance women's rights and strengthen protections against gender-based violence.
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- THE FIFA World Cup is finally upon us. THE biggest sporting spectacle on the planet has arrived with all the pomp, ceremony, and excess modern football can manufacture.
The taunting reflects anger from parts of the continent over reports of xenophobia in South Africa.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala -- Children aged less than five years face almost three times the risk of illness from unsafe food than older children and adults, according to new estimates released by the World Health Organization (WHO).
[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE's Education 5.0 philosophy is under review by the African Union (AU) as Harare prepares to host Africa Skills Week 2026 from October 12 to 16 this year.