South Africa's parliament will begin an investigation next week into state-run utility Eskom amid allegations of mismanagement in issuing government tenders, a legislator said...
African Union chairperson Alpha Conde on Sunday put himself forward as a mediator in the crisis between Qatar and other Gulf countries, urging dialogue...
Eleven people were killed when militants attacked a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo and freed more than 900 inmates, officials say.
The governor...
Ghana is struggling to deal with an emerging trend of angry mobs lynching persons suspected to have committed crimes in their communities.
The gruesome murder...
South Sudan’s media authority says it has banned 20 foreign journalists from operating or entering the country for publishing false news.
The chairman of the...
Up to 10,000 people have been evacuated from a scenic coastal town in South Africa that has been devastated by wildfires, officials have said.
Military...
Al Shabaab militants captured a town in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region on Thursday, a senior official said, and the group said it had killed...
