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 …

Precious Nyath and her baby People are demanding answers after a woman gave birth to a baby that looks more like a frog. However, the hospital in Zimbabwe, said that …

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 …