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 …