Africa

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…

A suspected outbreak of armyworms has spread to Namibia and Mozambique and is causing “considerable crop damage” in southern Africa, the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Friday. Suspected…

Angolan President and MPLA leader, Jose Eduardo dos Santos  Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos confirmed on Friday he will not run in this year’s presidential election, calling an end…

Libya”s Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj addresses a joint news conference with European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini (unseen) at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 2, 2017.…

Ugandan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem  Imposing an external “trusteeship” government on South Sudan to try to end a three-year ethnic civil war and potential genocide in…

A man detained by a Libyan anti-illegal immigrants unit during an early morning raid on migrants, for smuggling, is pictured at a temporary detention centre, in Tripoli October 13, 2015.…

FILE – A woman and a boy walk past a flock of dead goats in a dry land close to Dhahar in Puntland, northeastern Somalia, Dec. 5, 2016. Somalia is…

The European Union is increasing aid to train the Libyan coast guard and construct better camps in Africa, among other measures, as it prepares for more migrants from Africa with…

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane listens during a briefing at Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa October 19, 2016. South African anti-corruption watchdog is seeking legal advice on whether to oppose…