The U.N. mission in the Central African Republic says at least one peacekeeper has been killed and another two injured in two successiattacks by armed rebels near the town of Grim...
The conflict threatens the stability of the entire region, the EU's top diplomat sa...
One day after the election, Bobi Wine, the top rival to the incumbent president, sounded an alert from his home, saying, “We are under sieg...
Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced that the team has cleared COVID-19 tests and will travel to Karachi on Friday for the upcoming seri...
Pakistan dropped batsmen Shan Masood and Haris Sohail along with fast bowlers Mohammad Abbas and Naseem Shah in a wholesale shake-up on Friday for the upcoming two-match Test series against South Afri...
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine on Friday claimed victory in presidential elections, rejecting as a “complete sham” early results that gave President Yoweri Museveni a wide lead.The 38-year-old former ragga singer said his party’s polling agen...
There are concerns that the Covid-19 pandemic has created the environment for a rise in FGM cases in Ken...
As vaccines start to be administered across the world, the beginning of the end of the pandemic is at last in sig...
There will be increasing tension between the platforms and African governments, analysts s...
A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent and beyo...
Scientists have identified an "escape mutant" that may decrease the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines. The mutation called ‘E484K’ has been found in a variant of the coronavirus first spotted in South Africa two months ago. That variant has now spread...
On the eve of Caf making Issa Hayatou its 'honorary president', a former official says it has taken too long to recognise African football's longest rul...
As the senior wildlife veterinarian at the Uganda Wildlife Authority, Dr. Robert Aruho, 36, finds himself in the very tricky business of moving giraff...
Scientists have discovered a new mutated version of the virus from Brazil, in addition to the ones from the UK and South Afri...
The rescheduled Confederation Cup tie between Nigeria's Rivers United and South Africa's Bloemfontein Celtic will be played in Ben...
South Africa head coach Mark Boucher said Jacques Kallis is "on my radar" to return in a consultancy role for the men's team ahead of Pakistan to...
A World Health Organization official says Africa in March should see the first COVID-19 vaccine doses from the global COVAX effort aimed at helping lower-income countries obtain the sh...
Ugandans lined up to vote in a tense election Thursday under heavy security and an internet blackout as veteran leader Yoweri Museveni sought a sixth term against a former pop star half his age.The internet went down on the eve of the vote, with s...