Africa

Siemens, Nigeria sign power deal

Zimbabwean vice president in China to receive treatment for unknown illness

Zimbabwean vice president Constantino Chiwenga has been flown to China for medical treatment, a presidential spokesman said on Monday, but gave no details of the health ...

Kenya's cops pounce on finance minister, top officials on graft charges

Kenya's Finance Minister Henry Rotich and other treasury officials were arrested Monday on corruption and fraud charges over a multi-million dollar project to build two mega ...

Powerless Zimbabwe improvises

Nigerian president condemns killing of 37 villagers by cattle thieves

Africa poses critical challenge for World Bank, IMF

Brazilian 'murder' goalkeeper to finish sentence under house arrest

One-stop clinics, a rare lifesaver for Zimbabwe's sick

Libya’s El Sharara oilfield shut down since Friday - state oil firm

Battle for change far from over for women in new Sudan

Ethiopia faces showdown over push for new region

Ghana and Ivory Coast lift threat to suspend cocoa supplies

Sudan protesters, army rulers ink power sharing deal

First Ebola patient in eastern Congo's main city dies

Benin readies for return of treasures taken by France

Night protest in Sudan over civilian's death

Giving girls a chance to escape the cut

Sudan paramilitaries shoot dead civilian: doctors Sudan paramilitaries shoot dead civilian: doctors

"Residents of the town had gathered outside the office of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) to ...

Thousands mourn protesters killed in Sudan raid Thousands mourn protesters killed in Sudan raid

Crowds of protesters were violently dispersed by men in military fatigues in a pre-dawn raid on a sit-in outside army ...

Sudan's desert nomads untouched by Omar Bashir's downfall Sudan's desert nomads untouched by Omar Bashir's downfall

Not far from Sudan's capital Khartoum, the epicentre of an uprising that toppled autocratic ruler Omar al-Bashir, ...