Africa

At least 94 psychiatric patients died of negligence in South Africa last year after they were moved from a licensed home to unregistered facilities, the health ombudsman said on Wednesday, …

Nine troops were killed as east Libyan forces took a cluster of buildings on the edge of a recently recaptured district of Benghazi from Islamist-led rivals, a military spokesman said …

Pastor Evan Mawarire, who launched the movement #ThisFlag, to get Zimbabweans to rally round the national flag and speak out against Mugabe policies, is seen at a press conference in …

Congolese opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi  Congo’s main opposition leader, Etienne Tshisekedi, one of the country’s most important advocates of democracy, has died in Brussels aged 84, diplomatic sources said on …

The entrance of the ICC is seen in The Hague African leaders have backed a “strategy of collective withdrawal” from the International Criminal Court (ICC), but it came with unspecified …

South African prosecutor Gerrie Nel South African prosecutor Gerrie Nel, who laid out the murder case against Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, has resigned to join a civic group that plans to …

FILE – A group of South Sudanese government soldiers sit on the back of a pickup truck en route to Malakal, South Sudan, Oct. 16, 2016. Fresh clashes broke out …

A boy walks out of a religious school in Agadez, Niger In a dirt-floored room in the town of Agadez in Niger, a pair of flip-flops and a cold pile …

King Mohammed VI of Morocco Morocco rejoined the club of African states on Tuesday, 33 years after quitting over recognition of Western Sahara, bringing one of Africa’s largest economies into …

Chadian Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat  African Union leaders chose Chad’s candidate to chair the 54-nation body on Monday at a summit where the divisive issues of Africa’s relationship to …