Sierra Leone, Central African Republic and Chad has some of the highest rates of child marriage globally, a new research from child...

A Kenyan High Court has ruled that the election board should include another candidate in presidential poll re-run ordered by the Supreme...

Punches have been thrown in South Africa's parliament as opposition MPs tried to disrupt the State of the Nation address by President...

The High Court in Kenya has blocked the government's bid to close the largest refugee camp in the world. A directive to shut the Dadaab...

A crew of seven Russians and a Ukrainian has been taken hostage off the coast of Nigeria after their ship was attacked, diplomats in...

At least 120,000 people are facing starvation in northeastern Nigeria due to a "catastrophic" man-made famine caused by the insurgency of...

Ivory Coast announced a deal Friday night to end a standoff with soldiers who staged a mutiny last week, though the terms were not...

Hundreds of protesters demanding jobs clashed with police in several Tunisian towns on Saturday, blocking the route of visiting President...

The alleged mastermind of a deadly March 2016 attack on an Ivory Coast resort has been arrested in neighbouring Mali in a joint operation...

Burundi has been warned by The Great Lakes Committee on Peace and Security that it risks suspension from the organisation over its...

Kenya will not shut down the Internet during the election period unless the situation gets out of hand, government officials said...

The party of Gambia’s outgoing president, Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction, has filed an injunction to stop the...