Officials said the locally made boat was carrying 85 people who were on their way to a local market when it developed an engine power problem

Rare famine declaration could be made within weeks

Ethiopia has been mired in conflict since November 2020

A total of 153 judges have been appointed to the various high courts in this calendar year so far, with sources hinting at more appointments to the higher judiciary in the coming days.

South Africa’s freight and rail operator Transnet called on strikers to ‘consider the long-term consequences’.

The Uganda outbreak has been attributed to the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus which has no proven vaccine.

The potential OPEC+ cut could spur a recovery in oil prices that have dropped to about $90 from $120 three months ago due to fears of a global economic recession

As a delegation from the West African political bloc ECOWAS arrived in Ouagadougou on Tuesday, protesters took to the streets outside the airport. They shouted anti-French and anti-ECOWAS slogans and said it was time for Burkina Faso to manage its own ret...

Law aimed at making English-speakers more comfortable in the French-speaking majority country

The ruling All Basotho Convention has been unable to pass important constitutional changes in parliament.

Transnet has been operating below capacity due to a deficit of locomotives, poor conservation and vandalization and theft of its structure, going miners billions of rand in implicit profit. A strike would paralyze freight rail services and impact South Af...

Residents said two car bombs targeted Lamagalay, the local government headquarters in the eastern district

In latest weeks, Somali safety forces have touted profits made towards al- Qaeda- linked

India`s Air Force stated it scrambled fighter jets after receiving a bomb alert on Mahan Air headed to Guangzhou in China.

Security forces used tear gas against protesters outside the French embassy after Burkina Faso’s leader was ousted on Friday.