Africa

FILE PHOTO: A Libyan man checks a building used by the Islamic State fighters after it was captured by Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government, in Sirte, Libya August…

The European Union pledged 75 million euros ($80 million) on Thursday to Gambia’s new government, two years after suspending aid due to human rights abuses by former President Yahya Jammeh.…

Civilians celebrate the election of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in the streets of Somalia”s capital Mogadishu, February 9, 2017. Thousands of Somalis fired guns in the air, cheered atop military…

AFP photo British travel group Thomas Cook said on Feb. 9 that demand for holidays in Egypt is picking up again, after unrest in the North African nation had pushed…

File photo: A newly arrived refugee child drinks inside a tent in Baley settlement near the Ifo extension refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border A Kenyan court said…

Former chief executive of Kenya’s electoral commission James Oswago (R) stands along side co-accused Trevy Oyombra, the agent for British firm Smith and Ouzman Ltd, a printing firm that won…

Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court dismissed a case against President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday lodged by an activist who accused the ageing leader of violating the southern African country’s supreme law during…

Somali government soldiers guard a road which was blocked to control motor vehicle traffic, during a security lock down in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. Islamist gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia’s…

A Somali lawmaker casts her ballot during the presidential vote at the airport in Somalia”s capital Mogadishu, February 8, 2017. Somali lawmakers voted for the country’s president on Wednesday, gathering…

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday downplayed the possibility of a cabinet reshuffle following months of speculation that he would fire some ministers after…