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Retired archbishop and Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu announced Thursday that he had quit his role as an ambassador for Oxfam after the British charity...

Zimbabwe’s main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have a new leader in Nelson Chamisa following the death in South Africa of its only...

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has died in South Africa, a senior official in his MDC party has said. Mr Tsvangirai, 65, a former...

South Africa's embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned after intense pressure from his own party. In a televised statement he said he was quitting with...

An adult film star who has been embroiled in allegations of an affair with President Donald Trump is free to tell her story, her...

South Africa's embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned his office with immediate effect. He made the announcement in a televised address to the nation on...

At least 17 people are dead after a 19-year-old man opened fire at a high school campus in Parkland, Florida, police have said. The suspect...

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has died in South Africa, a senior official in his MDC party has said. Mr Tsvangirai, 65, a former...

An Israeli military court on Tuesday ordered the extension of a Palestine teenager’s detention by one month for slapping an Israeli soldier. In the court...

Comedian Samba Sine entertains Senegalese viewers every night with the Kouthia show. But it's his impersonation of President Donald Trump that has made him...

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has urged men in his country to marry two or more women in a bid to curb prostitution among Tanzanian...

Embattled South African President Jacob Zuma will hold a media briefing at 10:00 a.m. local time (0800 GMT) on Wednesday, local portals including the state-owned SABC reported...

A mother has spoken of her relief after a private clinic in Gabon finally released her baby, who was held for months over an...

Pakistan has again banned Valentine's Day events and media coverage of them, after a court ruled the holiday un-Islamic for a second consecutive year. The...

The Chinese government says it is ready to support a plan by the African Union (AU) to establish a representational office in its capital,...

Three members of the same family from Ghana killed in the devastating fire in the Bronx in December have been buried Saturday February 12,...

Alhaji Garius Gololo, the Coordinator of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Benue State chapter, has revealed why his people worship...

Ebony Reigns, who died after a late night crash in her native Ghana on Thursday, had been due to begin a European tour at...

The Commonwealth has confirmed the successful readmission of Gambia into the global bloc. The West African country becomes the 53rd nation but fourth to rejoin. The...

The leader of Boko Haram says he's still in control of an important territory that the Nigerian military says it has seized back from...

One of US President Donald Trump's top aides has resigned amid abuse claims from his two ex-wives. White House staff secretary Rob Porter said "these...

South Africa's Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is holding direct talks with embattled President Jacob Zuma over a transfer of power. Mr Ramaphosa, who...

South Africa's Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is holding direct talks with embattled President Jacob Zuma over a transfer of power. Mr Ramaphosa, who...

Kenya has deported opposition supporter and lawyer, Miguna Miguna, following his role in the unofficial swearing-in of opposition leader Raila Odinga as "the people's...

At a detention centre in Israel’s Negev desert, African migrants facing deportation say they would rather be imprisoned than sent to a country they...

Efforts by the ANC to unseat President Jacob Zuma tilted towards the end game on Wednesday as the speaker of parliament Baleka Mbete said...

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, is critically ill in a South African hospital and his supporters should "brace for the worst", a party...

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is to attend Friday’s opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, which are being held in...

Thirty-one people have died from Lassa fever in Nigeria since the start of this year, the health minister said, with cases of the viral...

At least 40 people have been tested HIV positive in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where an unqualified doctor had allegedly used a single syringe to...

Leading rights group Amnesty International has condemned Ghana's authorities for carrying out medical tests on the private parts of two male students accused of...

Israel on Sunday began warning thousands of African migrants that they must leave by the end of March, officials said, under a plan that...

The embattled former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh, was today (Monday) produced on a stretcher before the Federal...

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has defied his party and refused to step down, according to media reports. He and senior members of the African...

The US has levied sanctions against people and businesses in Sierra Leone, Ghana and Lebanon over their alleged links to Hezbollah. The six individuals and...

Senior Democrats have warned President Donald Trump not to use a controversial memo as a "pretext" to fire the special counsel investigating alleged Russian...

It has been reported that a man identified as Aliyu Mohammed, cut off the manhood of his 12-year-old cousin, Farouk Ibrahim, for unknown reasons....

About 950 workers remain trapped in a gold mine in South Africa after a storm caused a power cut, preventing them from getting out. Without...

Three of Kenya's largest private TV channels remain off the air, despite an order by the country's High Court suspending a shutdown. The government cut...

The 68-year-old son of Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro, Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart, has died in Havana after taking his own life, according to state...