Africa

One hundred years ago, on February 28, 1924, a four-foot-10-inch woman of colour gave a speech at the Wanderers Hall...

The defendants – who also included a Briton, Belgian and Canadian – have five days to appeal the verdict.A military...

Activists join the march in Eldoret, Kenya, as Cheptegei’s body begins its final journey to her family home in Bukwo,...

Banjul, the Gambia – Ten years ago, Alagie’s life in Banjul wasn’t easy. Still, he had both his parents, a...

The president, citing reform roadblocks, said working with the opposition-led assembly had become difficult.Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has dissolved...

Health agency reports 107 deaths and 3,160 new cases over the last week, says toll ‘not acceptable’.The head of the...

“Each year, we witness a further drop in rainfall – which translates to a drop in produce – resulting in...

Devastating floods in northeastern Nigeria have submerged entire residential areas, displaced tens of thousands of people, and forced zoo animals...

Severe flooding in northeastern Nigeria has killed at least 30 people and affected more than one million others, the authorities...

After months of delay due to logistics, the first sets of mpox vaccines have finally begun arriving in Democratic Republic...