Africa

Mayors from Libya’s desert south to its northern shores fear a deal between Tripoli and Rome to fund migrant holding centres in this north African country will simply shift Europe’s …

A South Sudanese general has resigned, citing abuses by the security forces against civilians and what he called increasing ethnic favouritism in the military, according to a letter seen by …

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad  The United States has objected to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ choice of former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad as the body’s new representative to …

Anti-government demonstrators block a road in Bamenda, Cameroon, December 8, 2016. Cameroon police killed two protestors and wounded 10 others on Friday in the latest bout of violence in the …

East Libyan forces said on Saturday that they had lost an Mi-35 combat helicopter near the central town of Zalla and that two crew members had been killed. A military …

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos says an investigation into the disaster has been launched Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has ordered an investigation into the cause of a …

Leader of the Democratic Alliance Mmusi Maimane speaks with members of the media after leaving President Jacob Zuma”s State of the Nation Address (SONA) to a joint sitting of the …

Members of the regional ECOWAS force from Senegal are seen at the Denton check point in Banjul, Gambia January 22, 2017. Thousands of soldiers from West African bloc ECOWAS will …

Kenya said on Friday it was declaring a drought in the east African economy a national disaster, saying it had affected 23 out of its 47 regions, known as counties. …

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 …