The country has yet to produce a female president—something the upcoming general elections are unlikely to change.

Once fully operational, the airport will handle a passenger capacity of 260 million annually.

The healthcare system has long been overburdened and underfunded, but it has ground to a near halt after about 7,000 professionals walked off the job.

The desperation from the war was highlighted at the Aswan International Women Film Festival through five Sudanese short films.

In Kenya, 13 people have been killed in flash floods that hit the capital Nairobi this week, while 100,000 people have been displaced in Burundi by m...

Sunak said the legislation would deter record numbers of migrants crossing the Channel from northern France, and disrupt people-smuggling gangs.

One of the choppers was seen clipping the rear rotor of another helicopter, causing both to go into a tailspin and crash.

The counter-terrorism summit in Nigeria is discussing solutions including a possible regional military force.

Mali has since 2012 been ravaged by different factions affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group as well as local groups.

Authorities have said 58 bodies were retrieved from the Mpoko River in the capital Bangui after the vessel capsized on Friday.

Largely rural Shiroro, where the incident took place, is frequently attacked by armed gangs targeting villages and security personnel.

Shops and other businesses are protesting against high interest rates, taxes, and a new levy on imported clothing.

The week-long action launched by the Federation of Uganda Traders Association has spread from the capital, Kampala.

The General Assembly can admit a new member state with a two-thirds majority vote, but only after the Security Council gives its recommendation.

Footage doing rounds on social media shows Al Ittihad striker Abderrazak Hamdallah, a Moroccan national, getting into a tense exchange with a fan in t...

The Somalia-born Nageeye clocked 2hr 04.45min, finishing five seconds ahead of Ethiopian Amedework Walelegn.

The coastal region of the East African country is one of the worst affected, an official says.

The ADF has established a presence over the past three decades in the eastern DRC, killing thousands of civilians.

Today Chad is home to almost a million Sudanese refugees -- more than any other country.

"However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran's response will be considerably more severe," the Iranian mission warned.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards confirmed a drone and missile attack was launched against Israel in retaliation for the Damascus strike which killed seven...

The sentencing came days after Rwanda marked 30 years since the genocide carried out by the Hutu regime between April and July 1994.

The formation of the council is also a first step toward holding a presidential election by early 2026.

One of the three was shot dead, a second died of his wounds in hospital while the third was arrested, the statement said.

Goma has a resident population of one million, with another million displaced by the war crammed into desperate, temporary camps that have become the...

During the current war, government forces have used their air power to bomb targets on the ground, but failed to gain back much territory and have bee...

It did not indicate what would happen to media organisations that do observe the ban.

Officials in the Indian Ocean archipelago said 38 prisoners escaped an overcrowded jail in the capital, Moroni, in a jailbreak initiated by a detained...

The decree came after more than 80 political parties and civil groups called for presidential elections "as soon as possible" and an end to military r...

The UN says it has been able to reach only 10 per cent of Sudan's 48 million people, with the country on the brink of famine.