Africa

Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei withstood surging Ethiopian team tactics to claim gold in the men’s Olympic 10,000-metre at the Stade de...

Curfews were ordered across several northern states on Friday after clashes erupted the previous day.Security forces have fired tear gas...

Lagos, Nigeria – Armed with a protest sign, 20-year-old Samuel Adeleke joined a crowd of angry Nigerians gathered in Ikeja,...

One of the most interesting grammatical elements of Kiswahili, the most widely spoken African language in the world, is that...

Police in Nigeria have used tear gas to disperse demonstrators in the capital, Abuja, and the northern city of Kano...

Demonstrators voice discontent over government reforms they say have triggered high inflation and devalued the currency.Nigerian troops and police have...

Landmark verdict on 2009 massacre ‘sounds toll against impunity’, but military rulers continue to repress opposition and media.A court in...

Naledi Matshega is a professional ululator in Botswana, hired to celebrate weddings and other ceremonies.The high-pitched sound of an ululator...

Seeking to support conservation and tourism, Tanzania has been clearing people from ancestral lands.Tanzania has been forcibly evicting Indigenous Maasai...

The traditional role of a king’s interpreter and messenger involves diplomacy, sensitivity and, most of all, trust.In Asamankese, in Ghana’s...