South Africa’s ANC losing support amid Zuma uncertainty
The chairman of South Africa’s ruling party on Saturday tried to ease national anxiety about President Jacob Zuma’s fate, saying
Boko Haram releases 13 hostages after talks with Nigeria
Boko Haram extremists have freed three university lecturers and 10 women who it had kidnapped in separate raids last year,
5 civilians die and 18 wounded in central Mali after vehicle hits land mine
Mali’s army says at least five people have been killed and several others wounded after their vehicle hit an explosive
Zimbabwe won’t return land to white farmers
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday said the country will not return land seized from former white commercial farmers almost two decades
Tanzania withdraws from UN refugee programme
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has announced his country will pull out of the UN’s “comprehensive refugee response framework”, which provides
Egyptian air force pounds Sinai militants: military
Egypt’s air force pounded militant targets in northern and central Sinai early on Saturday, the military said, the second day
Mine explosion kills five civilians, wounds 18 in Mali
Five civilians were killed and another 18 wounded in central Mali when their passenger vehicle struck a landmine, the local
Africa sends 13 athletes to Winter Olympics in PyeongChang
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that 13 African athletes will be competing at the Winter Olympics, which got
Herders suspected after police say three killed in central Nigeria
Three people were shot dead in central Nigeria, police said on Friday, with suspicion falling on cattle herders after a
Britain to add Nigeria’s naira to list of accepted trade currencies
Britain’s export finance agency will add the naira to its list of “pre-approved currencies”, allowing it to provide financing for