Thousands of people have taken part in demonstrations across South Africa calling for tougher action against undocumented migrants, in what some accounts describe as the largest anti-immigration ...

Nigerian authorities have arrested at least 16 people following the introduction of harsh new penalties for same-sex sexual ...

A disappointing end for Senegal and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who both had their opponents on the ropes before seeing their World Cup dreams evaporate. After threatening to pull of one of ...

Nigeria's latest repatriation flight arrived in Lagos on Tuesday, carrying 269 nationals fleeing South Africa. Anti-immigrant groups in the country had issued a June 30 deadline for all undocumented ...

A Catholic splinter group consecrated four bishops on Wednesday, despite a direct appeal from Pope Leo to call it off.

At Kenya’s largest mental health referral hospital, male patients are offered a different kind of therapy: a personal grooming session provided by two visiting barbers. Healthcare workers say personal ...

In a report released Tuesday, the United Nations Development Programme outlined several scenarios for the economic cost of ...

Sudanese armed forces say they have retaken the town of Kulbus in western Darfur - their biggest battlefield gain in the ...

Burkina Faso announced on 26 June that it would cut its diplomatic ties with France. International relations expert Hamadé Soro explains what changes the move may bring and how the two countries will ...

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

Uganda's political crackdown is intensifying, with opposition leader Kizza Besigye appearing in court on treason charges as ...

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