Three South African Navy personnel have died after seven crew members of a submarine were swept off its deck by big sea waves as a helicopter...
Burkina Faso’s transitional parliament has unanimously voted to send troops to neighbouring Niger, where the military seized power on 26 July. State TV quoted Defence Minister...
Guinea’s junta leader, Col Mamady Doumbouya, has said the Western model of democracy does not work in Africa, as he defended the use of military intervention....
Fathia Nkrumah enjoys a near-mythical place in postcolonial Ghanaian history. Her skin colour mattered; she was not a black African. Her native country mattered; Egypt is...
The Nigerian naira popped to N770.71 per United States (US) dollar and other major foreign currencies on Wednesday after two days of losing streaks as a...
Dozens of civilians were killed in drone strikes in Ethiopian towns in the Amhara region on Sunday, residents have told the BBC. One resident of Quarit...
A proposed anti-gay bill in Kenya wants gays and lesbians jailed for 50 years for non-consensual sex. Dubbed the Family Protection Bill 2023, the draft law...
Dangote Refinery is set to begin refining petrol by November 30, 2023, and diesel and jet fuel operations by October 2023, the group’s executive director Devakumar...
A military helicopter crash in Kenya near the border with Somalia has killed at least eight people, officials said Tuesday. It was not immediately clear what...
Authorities in Liberia have arrested an American missionary on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly tried to slit the throat of his Liberian wife. According...