Over 300 armed youth join South Sudan rebels
Juba - Over 300 armed youth from South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal state on Wednesday announced they were joining the country’s rebellion led...
Al-Shabaab forcefully abducting children from areas in Somalia
Al-Shabaab has been forcefully abducting children from areas it controls in Somalia under the guise of providing shelter and education to homeless and neglected...
Five suspects killed in Nairobi crime wave
Nairobi, Kenya - Police gunned down three people while two others were lynched by a mob on Thursday.This brings to nine the number of...
Botswana Loses over 2,000 People to Suicide Since 2007
Gaborone - Some 2,389 people have committed suicide in the diamond-rich Botswana since 2007, according to the country’s Defence, Justice and Security Minister, Dikgakgamatso...
Chinese tourists remain Zimbabwe shy
Chinese nationals, whose government is touted an all-weather friend by Zimbabwe, have largely skirted the troubled African country, preferring other regional destinations, a government...
Tanzania confirms TAZARA split, Zambia not aware
Zambia Government has refuted reports that the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) - the joint venture between Tanzania and Zambia - will end on August...
Local Namibia NGOs owe Europe millions
The head of delegation of the European Union (EU) to Namibia has confirmed that two locally-based non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have agreed to repay misused...
Dropping of a lawsuit may finally free Sudanese Christian woman
There's renewed hope Thursday that Meriam Ibrahim, 27, sentenced to death in Sudan for marrying a Christian and later freed from prison by an...
Tunisian soldiers killed in militant attack near Algerian border
At least 14 Tunisian soldiers have been killed in a militant attack near the Algerian border with at least 20 others wounded, the defence...
Libya rebels attack Tripoli’s main airport terminal
Several shells have hit the terminal of Libya's main airport as rival armed groups fought in Tripoli for a fifth straight day, and gunmen...