Officials say a 395-strong Chinese peacekeeping force is set to begin missions in Mali on behalf of the United Nations before the end of May. The...
At least 25 people have died and dozens more are injured after a wall collapsed at a wedding in India. The wedding guests were in the...
Two Nigerians have been shot dead in South Africa, the association of Nigerians living in that country – The Nigeria Union in South Africa – said...
President Adama Barrow on Wednesday fired Gambia’s central bank governor and three other bank officials considered loyal to former dictator Yahya Jammeh, a senior official at...
South African rangers and police on Tuesday captured four of five lions that had escaped from the country’s flagship Kruger National Park, the national wildlife parks’...
A loud explosion followed by gunfire was heard in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday and huge clouds of smoke could be seen, a Reuters witness said....
After the scandal that brought out the dirty secrets of most French politicians, and the subsequent declaration of interest by Emmanuel Macron to become the President...
The Nigerian Embassy in Washington is open and fully operational, acting ambassador, Hakeem Balogun, has said. “The embassy works as normal; as we’re talking now, I’m...
Eight Malian soldiers were killed Tuesday by armed assailants in a central area of the country that is regularly targeted by jihadist groups, a Malian military...
South African President Jacob Zuma made a hasty exit from a May Day rally on Monday after the crowd of workers that he was due to...