Africa

A Somali policeman stands guard along a road which was blocked to control motor vehicle traffic, during a security lock down in Somalia”s capital Mogadishu, February 7, 2017. Somali lawmakers…

Angolan President and MPLA leader, Jose Eduardo dos Santos Separatist rebels have called on Angola’s oil region to boycott parliamentary elections in August that are likely to be the most…

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has authorised more than 400 soldiers to join the security team at his annual state of the nation speech this…

The man who served as interior minister under ousted Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh could face charges of crimes against humanity, Swiss authorities said on Monday, after a legal group filed…

People walk along a street with the campaign billboard of Somalia’s Presidential candidate Sharif Sheikh Ahmed in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, Feb. 6, 2017. Presidential candidates in Somalia rounded off campaigning…

President John Magufuli told Tanzania’s security forces on Monday to crack down on the drugs trade and said no one should be spared, even if they are top politicians or…

The president of South Sudan said on Monday that soldiers who rape civilians should be shot, trying to mollify citizens outraged by abuses by security forces and quell growing international…

Egyptian soldiers killed 14 militants and arrested ten others in a raid in central Sinai, the military said on Monday. The operation over the past five days destroyed three car…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has told the United Nations that a re-emergence of the M23 rebellion in the east is endangering a deal with the opposition intended to lead…

DRC police arrest a protester. Picture: AFP Police in southwestern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday killed at least eight members of a separatist religious sect, local activists said, escalating…