I am tired of what being African seems to mean. And this is not about what the West or Asians say. It is about what I...
By Devlin Barrett The Justice Department is moving to seize more than half a billion dollars of allegedly corrupt proceeds from former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha...
There is a new form of democracy that is fast spreading like cancer. And like cancer, it sometimes takes a benign form and if addressed in...
Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa on Monday in Cape Town equating discrimination against gay people to the horrors of Nazi Germany and apartheid era...
Shelter is one of those basic needs man has been able to provide for his families right from the beginning for privacy, from the sun, rain...
By Adam Nossiter ABUJA, Nigeria — The Nigerian highway is full of surprises, many of them unpleasant. At numerous police and army “checkpoints,” money is expected...
A deal, which would have given South Africa’s main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) a black presidential candidate, has collapsed. Last week’s agreement would have merged the...
Interim President Catherine Samba-Panza urged fighters to put down their arms as she took the oath of office, even as looters pillaged Muslim neighbourhoods and sectarian...
NAN A proposed new Egyptian constitution has been backed by 98.1 per cent of people who voted in a referendum, officials have said. Turnout was 38.6...
BBC TV presenter Komla Dumor has died suddenly at his home in London at the age of 41, it has been announced. Ghana-born Dumor was a...
Libya’s deputy industry minister has been shot dead during a visit to his hometown of Sirte, east of the capital Tripoli. Local media quoted officials as...
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s interim President Michel Djotodia has resigned, according to a statement issued after a two-day summit in neighbouring Chad. Talks to...