Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have officially initiated their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, the ICC has ...

Women in Sè, a village in south-western Benin that is celebrated as the country’s pottery capital, carry on their family traditions.

Uganda has launched the first phase of a large-scale evacuation of its citizens from South Africa, bringing home 273 nationals amid rising anti-illegal immigration protests and xenophobic violence.

Demonstrators are expected to gather on 7 July to call for democratic reforms and justice for those killed in last year’s ...

Nigeria is working to increase military cooperation with Benin and Niger as jihadists from the Sahel encroach on the country's northwest, the Nigerian defence minister said on Thursday.

The UN health body says another 1,102 suspected cases have been reported since May in isolated war zones across the country.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Kinshasa on Thursday for a high-level African Union solidarity mission aimed at reinforcing continental support for the Democratic Republic of the ...

Thousands of people have taken part in demonstrations across South Africa calling for tougher action against undocumented ...

A Guinean appeals court has reduced former Prime Minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana's prison sentence for corruption-related ...

Algerians headed to the polls on Thursday to elect a new parliament in an election shadowed by expectations of low turnout ...

Sweeping changes to Zimbabwe's constitution that will extend the presidential term by two years sailed through their final ...

Fans of the Ivory Coast soccer team gathered on Tuesday in Abidjan, the capital of the Ivory Coast, to watch their team play ...