JOHANNESBURG - The speaker of South Africa's parliament said on Sunday she would consider a request from opposition parties to hold a 'no confidence' vote on President Jacob…
2 Apr 2017 · 18:54
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283 storiesJUBA - A disaffected South Sudanese army general who quit his position last month announced on Monday that he had formed a new anti-government rebel group, underscoring mounting…
8 Mar 2017 · 08:24
LAGOS - Nigeria expects the economy to climb out of recession and grow 2.19 percent this year, the budget ministry said on Tuesday, unveiling a reform plan that…
8 Mar 2017 · 07:47
MASERU - Lesotho's king has dissolved parliament and will shortly set an election date, the deputy prime minister said on Tuesday, days after Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili lost…
8 Mar 2017 · 07:42
LIBREVILLE - Burkina Faso scored a late equaliser through centre back Issoufou Dayo to earn a fortuitous 1-1 draw with Cameroon in Group A at the African Nations…
16 Jan 2017 · 08:07
Egyptian police have arrested four people in connection with the bombing that killed dozens of Christians at Cairo's Coptic Christian cathedral last month, the Interior Ministry said on…
4 Jan 2017 · 20:13
The killing of 56 inmates by fellow prisoners in Brazil's deadliest jail uprising in decades was a "butchery foretold" by escalating turf wars between drug gangs that threatens…
4 Jan 2017 · 20:08
LUANDA - Angolan lawyers, who argue that President Jose Eduardo dos Santos' billionaire daughter was illegally appointed as the chief executive of the state oil company, have applied…
4 Jan 2017 · 19:56
TANDALE, Tanzania - The sight of a drone hovering above the streets of Tandale to map the crowded flood-prone neighborhood in the north of Dar es Salaam spread…
4 Jan 2017 · 08:20
KINSHASA - Flooding this week in the Democratic Republic of Congo port city of Boma killed at least 50 people and left another 10,000 homeless, authorities told Reuters…
30 Dec 2016 · 12:42

