Africa

United States regrets Zimbabwe decision to withdraw from $367m health deal

Africa

Muslims ‘massacred’ in Nigeria for refusing to join jihadists

Africa

Africa finance ministers launch forum to drive climate-responsive economic transformation in Lusaka

Africa

Botswana launches sale of citizenship at $75,000

Sudan threatens to close border with South over rebels

Africa September 20, 2016

Sudan is threatening to close its border with South Sudan within days if the government in Juba failed to expel rebel groups from its...

DRC elections body seeks polls postponement

Africa September 19, 2016

The elections commission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has petitioned the Constitutional Court for a postponement of presidential elections, formally confirming a poll...

Somali General killed in suicide attack

Africa September 19, 2016

A Somali general and at least six of his bodyguards have been killed by a suicide car bomber, police say. The attacker rammed a car...

Journalists’ lobby group urges South Sudan govt to reopen newspaper

Africa September 16, 2016

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has today called on authorities in South Sudan to reopen the Nation Mirror newspaper, ordered closed by security services. The...