Africa

Ethiopian authorities have detained more than 70 drivers working with the United Nations, an internal U.N. email seen by Reuters said, amid reports of...

Gunmen killed up to 15 soldiers in an attack on a military outpost in a remote part of southwest Niger where Islamist terrorists operate,...

Nine anti-government factions will form an alliance on Friday to push for a political transition in Ethiopia, two of the groups said, piling more...

Tunisia has discovered a tunnel near the French ambassador's residence from a house frequented by a known extremist, and anti-terrorism forces are investigating, the...

Ten people were killed in an attack in northern Burkina Faso on Monday morning, and four others were missing, a government source and a...

Democratic Republic of Congo's environment minister said on Thursday the country intends to ban all log exports and implement other measures to lessen threats...

The Sudanese army was facing widening opposition on Thursday to this week's coup, with state officials in Khartoum vowing disobedience and activists mobilising for...

Sudan's armed forces chief defended the military's seizure of power, saying he had ousted the government to avoid civil war, while protesters took to...

Opposition candidate and former prime minister Jose Maria Neves won Cape Verde's presidential election on Sunday, as his main rival, the ruling party's flagbearer...