The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of a looming food crisis that may spark social unrest in sub-Saharan Africa.
The fund has revised its growth projection for the continent downwards to 3.8 per cent from the initial 4.5 per...
A second Ebola patient has died in the Democratic Republic of Congo days after a fresh outbreak emerged in the city of Mbandaka in Equateur province.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said the second fatality was a female relative of...
At least 168 people have been killed and 98 injured in tribal clashes in the western Darfur town of Kreinik, a spokesperson for a refugee group said on Sunday.
The violence was the latest in an uptick of such incidents...
Guinea’s ruling military government has signalled that it might break a deadline to set out its plans to return to civilian rule, opening the prospect of more sanctions from West Africa’s political and economic bloc.
There was no immediate announcement...
Nigeria’s president has said the country was in “shock and trauma” following the deaths of at least 100 people from an explosion at an illegal oil refinery.
President Muhammadu Buhari described the incident in Imo state, southern Nigeria, as a...
A racist insult broadcast live on Sudanese television during a high-profile trial involving ex-President, Omar al-Bashir, has triggered an outcry against the racism that continues to permeate Sudanese society three years after the long-time leader was ousted.
Bashir’s defence team...
The United Nations (UN) has expressed concern that Malian authorities have denied its human rights investigators access to a village where hundreds of people were killed.
A statement by the UN Human Rights Office said: "We are extremely concerned that...
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for an explosion that it said killed or injured 30 people at a market where alcohol was sold in Taraba State, Nigeria, marking an expansion of the area where the extremist group operated in...
The South African military has said it is deploying more than 10,000 troops to help with relief and rescue operations following the devastating floods that swept through parts of KwaZulu-Natal province last week.
More than 440 people have died, and...
Four United Nations (UN) agencies on Tuesday appealed for an urgent injection of funds to enable a scale-up of life-saving assistance in Somalia, which was facing famine conditions.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, the United...