(Reuters) – Gunmen killed at least 13 people in raids on two separate areas on the Kenyan coast, the Red Cross said on Sunday. Four people...
Egypt has drastically raised fuel prices overnight to tackle a bloated subsidy system, in a potentially unpopular move that might blow back on newly elected President...
Kenyan police have arrested the governor of the coastal Lamu district in connection with three recent massacres in which over 60 people were killed, officers said...
A Sudanese woman freed from death row on Monday has been detained with her family at Khartoum airport, sources have told the BBC. Meriam Ibrahim was...
Al Jazeera with wire services An Egyptian court has sentenced two Al Jazeera journalists to seven years in prison and another to 10 years, on charges...
Kenya’s government has urged people to watch World Cup football matches in the comfort of their homes instead of in “crowded and unprotected open places”. The...
Pope Francis on Saturday took on one of Italy’s most dangerous organized crime groups, calling it an example of “the adoration of evil” and saying Mafiosi...
BBC Three Chinese anti-corruption activists have been given lengthy jail terms for urging officials to disclose wealth. Wei Zhongping and Liu Ping, associated with the New...
At least 12 women were abducted during the latest attack on Kenya’s coast, which also left 15 people dead, residents have told the BBC. President Uhuru...
David Waweru was watching a World Cup match in a bar in the Kenyan coastal town of Mpeketoni when fighters from Somalia’s Islamist Shebab militants began...
(Reuters) – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday economic growth in the continent’s most advanced economywould be the focus of his second term, as he...
Blantyre (Malawi) (AFP) – Malawi’s President Joyce Banda on Saturday declared this week’s chaotic election “null and void” and called for a fresh vote, throwing the...