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Police in southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday killed at least eight members of a separatist religious sect, local activists said, escalating tensions...

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos confirmed on Friday he will not run in this year's presidential election, calling an end to 38 years...

Ambassadors sacked by The Gambia’s former leader Yahya Jammeh have been re-instated by the new president, Adama Barrow.According to local media all the dismissed...

Travis Kalanick, the chief executive of ride-sharing service Uber, has stepped down from President Donald Trump's economic advisory group after strong criticism from staff...

Activity in South Africa's private sector remained in growth territory in January but dipped from December as demand for exports sank, a survey showed...

Ugandan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem. Photo Credit: Reuters Imposing an external "trusteeship" government on South Sudan to try to end a...

The death on Wednesday of Congo's opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi leaves opponents of President Joseph Kabila seriously weakened in their bid to force Kabila...

Animal carcasses littered the fields and stench of dead animals pervaded the air in Kenya’s Marsabit County on Wednesday (February 1), the result of...

Five East Libyan force soldiers were killed in clashes with Islamist-led rivals holed up on the edge of a recently recaptured district of Benghazi,...

European Union leaders are to meet in Malta to discuss plans how to stem the influx of migrants from North Africa and the Middle...