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 …