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A nun cries as she stands at the scene inside Cairo"s Coptic cathedral, following a bombing, in Egypt in December, 2016. Photo Credit: Reuters Egyptian...

Angolan lawyers, who argue that President Jose Eduardo dos Santos' billionaire daughter was illegally appointed as the chief executive of the state oil company,...

The embattled president of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh has received a major backing from the country’s Army chief, General Ousman Badjie.General Badjie has written a...

A car bomb wounded at least four U.N. guards when it exploded near a United Nations compound in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police...

Ms Omar has promised to be a "voice for the marginalized". Photo Credit: AP A Somali-American has been sworn in as a lawmaker in the...

Mutinta Musokotwane-Chikopela, a mother says there are already too many holidays in Zambia. Photo Credit: BBCDiscussing female menstruation publicly is something of a taboo...

The African Union Commission has welcomed an agreement reached by political actors in the Democratic Republic of Congo for an election to be held...

The Ivorian government has allocated a budget of around six million euros (3.9 billion CFA francs) for the national team’s African Cup of Nations...

African countries were on a drive to boost infrastructure and road networks on the continent in 2016. Ethiopia made huge strides this year with the...

Pierre Nkurunziza has been President of Burundi since 2005.  Burundi has announced it has banned the human rights organization “Ligue Iteka” from operating in the...