Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for about 40 percent of all deaths in Malawi, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report…
In response to a ferry disaster that claimed more than 90 lives, the government is weighing plans to increase the number of…
Hundreds of people converged on Monrovia Central Prison on Thursday as former President George Weah, joined by opposition figures, visited jailed former…
Several refugees were injured and at least four hospitalised after a vigilante group known as March and March raided a camp outside…
Street vendors in Harare say they will resist a government directive to vacate illegal trading areas, arguing that informal commerce is their…
Reporters Without Borders has urged Nigerien authorities to launch an immediate investigation into the disappearance of prominent journalist Moussa Kaka, who went…
More than six decades after police gunfire at Sharpeville left scores dead and wounded, survivors and relatives of those killed have launched…
More than 6,000 cases have now been confirmed in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the fatality rate…
A major expansion of the fuel pipeline linking Mozambique and Zimbabwe will raise its annual capacity by 67 percent, enabling an additional…
Uber is immediately shutting down its ride-hailing operations in Nigeria and Uganda, ending a presence that began in Nigeria in 2014 and…
More than 12 hours of heavy rain in Baidoa, Somalia, left parts of the city under flash floods, underscoring the dangers facing…
