UN and US have condemned the 683 death sentences in Egypt
Minya - The United Nations and Washington have condemned death sentences handed to 683 alleged Islamists including Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie in an...
Kenyan president Kenyatta signs polygamy law
Nairobi - A law allowing men in Kenya to marry as many women as they want was signed into law Tuesday by President Uhuru...
Nigeria not at war- Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Abuja - Nigeria is preparing a special development plan for its poor, violence-hit northeast and increasing spending to counter an Islamist revolt there that...
Tribal clashes kill 34 in Nigeria
Clashes between rival tribes have left at least 34 people dead with homes and barns torched in a village in central Nigeria, the state...
Ethnic Clash in South Sudan Kills at Least 5
South Sudan's military spokesman says a "misunderstanding" between military troops and a local community sparked clashes that killed five troops.
Col. Philip Aguer said Saturday...
Mugabe: Nigerians are corrupt people
The Federal Government on Thursday summoned the Zimbabwean Head of Chancery over remarks credited to President Robert Mugabe, which depicted Nigerians as very corrupt...
Kenyatta says will not allow genocide in South Sudan
Nairobi - Kenya's president said he would not let the conflict in neighbouring South Sudan descend into genocide, though he stopped short of spelling...
SAPS Ordered to Investigate crimes against humanity in Zimbabwe
The South African Supreme Court of Appeal ordered an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity in Zimbabwe. In a ground-breaking judgment, handed down in...
Boko Haram: Why terror group kidnaps schoolgirls, and what happens next
Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) -- It is a parent's worst nightmare: Your child goes to school, never to return home.
Scores of Nigerians are living that...
A bloody South Sudan civil war
EVEN in a civil war that has been rife with atrocities, the scale of the massacre of civilians in South Sudan’s oil hub of...
UN outrage at deadly Bor attack in South Sudan
The UN has expressed outrage at a deadly attack on one of its bases in South Sudan, saying it could “constitute a war crime”.
Thursday’s...
Mozambique: Africa’s new narco-state?
Looking out across the sea from the town of Vilanculos on the Mozambican coast, the silhouette of a large vessel, sitting on the edge...
