Climate negotiators have started work on implementing the Paris Agreement on global warming amid uncertainty over how the US election will impact the landmark...
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.
Some...
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...
The country's gross domestic product declined by 2.06% in the second quarter of the year, according to data released.
The oil-and import-dependent economy also declined...
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has said his foundation will invest another $5bn in Africa over the next five years.
Mr Gates delivered the...
Congolese former vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba has been sentenced to 18 years in prison by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and sexual violence.
Bemba...