Several thousands more foreign nationals clamoured to leave South Africa Friday, many of them gathered near the Zimbabwe …

Flooding is a recurring problem in the region, where the rainy season runs from May to July. But

UN rights chief Volker Turk issues a red alert Friday on the unfolding catastrophe in the Sudanese city of El-Obeid, …

The African Union called an emergency meeting on its military mission in Somalia on Friday after Washington announced it …

In a statement published on Wednesday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed that Mali, Burkina Faso and Nige …

The South African government harshly criticised ex-president Jacob Zuma Friday for meeting in India with one of the Gupt …

Teeming documents charting the rich subsoil of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo fill nearly 500 metres of sh …

From century-old maps to meticulous field notes, Belgium is sitting on a trove of geological records on colonial-era Con …

The opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo has called demonstrations in the capital and other cities on Wednesda …

Kenya has one of the highest abortion rates in the world, yet US and religious pressure means the government is afraid o …

Algerians voted on Thursday to elect a new parliament in a ballot marked by apathy and the disqualification of several h …

An Ebola outbrea …