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The country has yet to produce a female president—something the upcoming general elections are unlik...
Once fully operational, the airport will handle a passenger capacity of 260 million annually.
The healthcare system has long been overburdened and underfunded, but it has ground to a near halt a...
The desperation from the war was highlighted at the Aswan International Women Film Festival through...
In Kenya, 13 people have been killed in flash floods that hit the capital Nairobi this week, while...
Sunak said the legislation would deter record numbers of migrants crossing the Channel from northern...
One of the choppers was seen clipping the rear rotor of another helicopter, causing both to go into...
The counter-terrorism summit in Nigeria is discussing solutions including a possible regional milita...
Mali has since 2012 been ravaged by different factions affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic Stat...
Authorities have said 58 bodies were retrieved from the Mpoko River in the capital Bangui after the...
Largely rural Shiroro, where the incident took place, is frequently attacked by armed gangs targetin...
Shops and other businesses are protesting against high interest rates, taxes, and a new levy on impo...
The week-long action launched by the Federation of Uganda Traders Association has spread from the ca...
The General Assembly can admit a new member state with a two-thirds majority vote, but only after th...
Footage doing rounds on social media shows Al Ittihad striker Abderrazak Hamdallah, a Moroccan natio...
The Somalia-born Nageeye clocked 2hr 04.45min, finishing five seconds ahead of Ethiopian Amedework W...
The coastal region of the East African country is one of the worst affected, an official says.
The ADF has established a presence over the past three decades in the eastern DRC, killing thousands...
Today Chad is home to almost a million Sudanese refugees -- more than any other country.
"However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran's response will be considerably more...
Iran's Revolutionary Guards confirmed a drone and missile attack was launched against Israel in reta...
The sentencing came days after Rwanda marked 30 years since the genocide carried out by the Hutu reg...
The formation of the council is also a first step toward holding a presidential election by early 20...
One of the three was shot dead, a second died of his wounds in hospital while the third was arrested...
Goma has a resident population of one million, with another million displaced by the war crammed int...
During the current war, government forces have used their air power to bomb targets on the ground, b...
It did not indicate what would happen to media organisations that do observe the ban.
Officials in the Indian Ocean archipelago said 38 prisoners escaped an overcrowded jail in the capit...
The decree came after more than 80 political parties and civil groups called for presidential electi...
The UN says it has been able to reach only 10 per cent of Sudan's 48 million people, with the countr...
The Yeni Mosque, built in 1902 by Italian architect Vitaliano Poselli, was at the time used by the D...
ACF sounded an alert over the 480,000 cases of severe child malnutrition expected in the year to Sep...
The accord establishes a nine-member council -- seven voting members and two observers -- representi...
The Palestinians, who have had observer status at the world body since 2012, have lobbied for years...
Food scraps are thrown into the machine where they are slowly mixed with rice husks and sawdust for...
The war has also displaced more than 8.5 million people, pushing the country to the brink of famine.
Most passengers were trying to escape the mainland because of a panic caused by disinformation about...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was "alarmed" by the raid, while Spain and the European Union...
A Mo Salah late equaliser from the spot earned Liverpool a point at the Theatre of Dreams
The international community's failure to intervene has been a cause of lingering shame, with French...
PM Sonko unveiled on Friday a cabinet of 25 ministers, hailing it as a break from the past.
Kagame is expected to give a speech at a 10,000-seat arena in the capital, where Rwandans will later...
The latest attack was on the village of Galay in Ituri province.
Ecuadoran President Daniel Noboa's government called the move an "illicit act" but Mexico insisted i...
For 30 years Dafroza, 69, and Alain Gauthier, 75, have dedicated much of their spare time and now re...
The Israeli military's heavy aerial bombardment in the aftermath of the attack, and its ongoing grou...
The tough language, describing the aid worker attack as "unacceptable" and urging Israel to take ste...
The NGO called for the suspension of all deployments of Ethiopian federal forces to peacekeeping mis...
The district, filled with Sudanese shops and restaurants, is a magnet for the growing numbers of peo...
More than 800,000 people, mainly ethnic Tutsis but also moderate Hutus, were killed in the murderous...
