East Africa

Gunmen in famine-hit South Sudan killed two people and wounded three when they attacked a humanitarian convoy in the center of the country, the...

Three years of poor rains have triggered a national disaster in Kenya, with 2.6 million people hungry, critical rates of child malnutrition and devastating livestock deaths, the United Nations said as it appealed for $166 million in aid.

Officials in Ethiopia have put the number of deaths from last Saturday’s landslide at a dumping site in Addis Ababa at 113.

The Ethiopian government has lifted some restrictions imposed during a state of emergency declared last year following deadly protests, state-run media quoted the defence minister as saying on Wednesday.

South Sudanese gunmen killed 28 people and kidnapped 43 children in Ethiopia's Gambella province, an Ethiopian official says.

Tanzanian public broadcaster TBC has suspended nine staff after it aired a "fake" story saying that US President Donald Trump had praised President John Magufuli's performance.

Armed pirates off the coast of Somalia who hijacked an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew on board are demanding a ransom for...

Eight local staff with a U.S. aid group in South Sudan were released safely on Tuesday after being detained by armed men, the agency said, calming fears that such workers could become a new target in the famine-hit nation's civil war.

The African Union and South Sudan are failing in their joint responsibility to set up a court to prosecute atrocities in the country and...

Kenyan doctors ended a three-month strike in public hospitals on Tuesday after reaching agreement on pay and working conditions, ending a standoff that threatened to embarrass the government before August's elections.