Africa

Ghana’s wildcat gold mining booms, poisoning people and nature

At an unlicensed gold mine in Ghana, men in T-shirts, shorts and rubber boots wade through pools of muddy water laced ...

Tanzania's communications regulator has suspended the digital platforms of a local media company over the publication of what it called restricted content.

Rwanda is poised to start vaccine and therapeutic clinical trials to treat Marburg disease, Yvan Butera, the assistant health minister, said on Thursday.

Abducted Tanzanian opposition official found dead, acid poured ... Abducted Tanzanian opposition official found dead, acid poured on face

The body of a senior Tanzanian opposition official abducted from a bus by armed men was found on the outskirts of ...

Algeria's president Tebboune wins second term with 95% of vote Algeria's president Tebboune wins second term with 95% of vote

Algerian authorities declared President Abdulmadjid Tebboune the overwhelming winner of Saturday's election on Sunday, ...

Fire breaks out at another Kenyan school after 17 die in inferno Fire breaks out at another Kenyan school after 17 die in inferno

A fire broke out at a girls boarding school in a town in central Kenya late on Saturday, leaving at least three ...