South Africa's parliament has defeated an opposition motion to remove President Jacob Zuma because of a series of scandals, including possible government corruption linked...
Twin explosions from female suicide bombers suspected to be with Boko Haram have killed nine people and injured 24 in Nigeria's north-eastern city of...
Some 21 of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamic extremists more than two years ago have been freed in negotiations, officials said.
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Several dozen people have died in a stampede in Ethiopia after a religious celebration turned into an anti-government protest that led police to fire...
Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari has invited the United Nations to help negotiations to swap the kidnapped schoolgirls from Chibok for detained leaders of Boko...
Russia's food safety watchdog has banned fruit and vegetable imports from Egypt over sanitary concerns, following an earlier decision by Egypt that hurt Russian...
