Africa

GABORONE - When David Magang opened Botswana's first domestic law firm shortly after independence in 1966, he and his country were starting from scratch. Since then, both he and the...

ABUJA - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is set to lend Nigeria a total $4.1 billion over 2016 and 2017, and $10 billion by 2019, its president said on Monday,...

LAGOS - Nigerian militant group the Niger Delta Avengers said on Saturday it had carried out its first oil pipeline attack in the country's southern energy hub since declaring a break...

WASHINGTON - A Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader called on Wednesday for the imposition of international sanctions against security officials responsible for the deaths of protesters in two days of...

CAIRO - Egyptian rescue workers have found nine more bodies in the Mediterranean Sea a day after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized, bringing the death toll so far...

Harare - The total shutdown, dubbed “Shut Down Take 3”, planned by activists #Tajamuka, largely went unheeded last month, with most Harare residents opting to go about their normal businesses....

GABORONE - President Ian Khama of Botswana said on Tuesday he had ordered the arrest and deportation of U.S. pastor Steven Anderson, who was banned from neighbouring South Africa last...

DAKAR - Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday it had "credible reports" that Democratic Republic of Congo's security forces had killed at least 37 people during two days of violent...

ABUJA - Suspected members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram killed six people in an attack on a commercial convoy being escorted by the army in Nigeria's northeastern state of...