The governor of Congo's North Kivu province, Peter Chirimwami, has died from injuries sustained during fighting on the front line, according to the mi...

According to Tigray's interim regional administration, nearly one million displaced people have not been able to return to their homes.

The UNHCR is struggling to feed existing refugees in Malawi due to a funding crisis at the UN's World Food Programme

Climate change is driven by the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases caused by the continued burning of fossil fuels.

The vote is being held amid security challenges due to Boko Haram attacks.

In both incidents, the victims were primarily women and children, who had queued for food handouts for hours.

Ndolo is a co-founder of the Kenyan Fencing Federation, which has officially been part of the World Fencing Association since 2019.

NGO's critical reports on human rights are inconvenient for the junta leaders, making them a thorn in the side of West Africa's military regimes.

The Democratic Republic of Congo accuses Apple of using minerals sourced from illegal mining. DRC communities affected by illicit mining explore the p...

Many live in informal settlements under precarious conditions and have an unconventional approach to creating change.

Unlike Kigali, many cities on the continent grapple with waste management challenges.

The UN says the conflict has driven 11 million people from their homes and unleashed the world's biggest hunger crisis.

The Sudanese army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces traded airstrikes that led to the loss of over 100 civilian lives.

So far, the DRC has recorded 406 cases of the undiagnosed disease. Severe cases have been reported among severely malnourished people, including 31 de...

Retired military officers from Europe protect the DRC capital of North Kivu from falling to Rwandan-backed rebels. The job is well paid but soldiers m...

His supporters hope he will bring stability to the north, while detractors remember power cuts and financial problems.

One of the world’s most ruthless, brutal and enduring reigns looks over, with Syria’s Bashar Assad overthrown. Since taking over from his father more...

This was the first time that President Samia Suluhu Hassan's popularity was tested on the ballot.

Former President Macky Sall lost popularity due to a repressive style of governance and stagnating economic policies.

Even as vote counting was still going on, Senegal’s two main opposition parties conceded.

The proposed new constitution limits the presidency to two terms and increases the length of terms from five to seven years.

More than 100,000 Palestinians have fled to Egypt to escape the war in Gaza. Mona and her children are among them, but without a secure residence stat...

Donald Trump's second-term policies could push the US dollar higher, igniting inflation and debt costs in developing nations. Several African states a...

President Paul Kagame has accused some churches of "squeezing money" from poor Rwandans. Authorities have closed thousands of churches for non-complia...

Hertha Bonn, a football club in western Germany, has started the project "Football Connects" to help refugee children integrate into society. The init...

Commonwealth member countries are calling for restitution over the transatlantic slave trade. Are calls for reparations a sign of the Commonwealth's i...

Lt. Gen. Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja had not been seen in public in nearly two months.

The main goal of the COP16 summit had been to lay out a detailed funding plan for species protection.

"They killed three people. Three people. Three people," a protester alleged while speaking to a DW reporter.

Analysts believe the killing of Hamas' leader is no death blow to the group, and cease-fire prospects are still unclear.