Members of the United Nations General Assembly have chosen the Nigerian ambassador to the world body as its next president.
They elected Tijjani Muhammad-Bande today...
Deaths have been reported by protest organisers in Sudan who say security forces besieged a sit-in demonstration in the country’s capital.
Protest organisers said at...
Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has narrowly won re-election with 38% of the votes in last week’s polls, the electoral commission has declared.
Mr Mutharika’s victory...
Elephant poaching rates in Africa are declining, new analysis suggests.
The annual poaching mortality rate fell from a high of more than 10% in 2011...
Israeli researchers have raised a glass to celebrate a long-brewing project of making beer and mead using yeasts extracted from ancient clay vessels –...
Former South African president Jacob Zuma has appeared in court facing charges of corruption, money laundering and racketeering.
Zuma, 77, appeared at the High Court...
