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...
Libya’s UN-supported government is asking the security council to appoint a “fact-finding mission” to investigate alleged violations by the forces attacking the capital.
Ambassador Elmahdi...
Thousands of demonstrators in Morocco have condemned prison sentences given to the leader of the Hirak Rif anti-poverty movement and dozens of other activists.
The...
The Sudanese protest movement has welcomed “positive steps” taken by the ruling military council which held talks with opposition leaders over the weekend and...
Tens of thousands of Sudanese have marched towards the centre of the capital Khartoum, cheering, singing and dancing as two senior officials said the...
Thousands of Ethiopians have attended a mass funeral ceremony in the country’s capital, a week after a plane crash killed 157 people.
Some victims’ relatives...
