Isaac Kaledzi

Uganda's government has set up a committee designed to detect and curtail the circulation of pornographic material. Minister for Ethics and Integrity, Simon Lokodo, made the announcement on Monday.

The United States on Thursday ordered Russia to close its consulate in San Francisco and two other installations in two days, a move Moscow greeted with "regret," as relations between the nuclear-armed powers took another dive.

Kenyan officials say two people have been killed and three badly wounded in separate attacks in coastal Lamu County. They blame suspected al-Shabaab extremists from neighboring Somalia.

In what may be seen as a shock, the Supreme Court in Kenya on Friday nullified the re-election of the country's President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Uganda moved to the top of Group E in Africa's 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-0 win over Egypt. Tanzania-based forward Emmanuel Okwi scored the only goal of the game six minutes after half-time.

Britain is to halve the amount of money it gives in humanitarian aid to Nigeria over the next few years, says the international development minister.

Three civilians were killed after their vehicle ran over a landmine on a road near Kenya’s border with Somalia, a government official said, in the fifth such incident in the area in three months.

Zimbabwe’s President, Robert Mugabe has condemned the 2011 role of Nato in Libya leading to the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime and his eventually death in the hands of Libyan rebel forces.

Gunmen ambushed and killed four soldiers and a civilian in Nigeria's oil-rich south, local sources said Wednesday, breaking months of uneasy calm after unrest over the distribution of the country's oil revenues.

Tropical Storm Harvey spun across southeast Texas into Louisiana on Wednesday, sending more people fleeing for shelter after swamping Houston with record rains and flooding that killed at least 35 people and drove tens of thousands from their homes.