Longtime foes Ethiopia and Eritrea could be headed towards war, officials in northern Ethiopia and regional experts have warned. A...

BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo - A Congolese court has sentenced three Chinese citizens to seven years in prison after they were...

MAPUTO -Daniel Chapo of Mozambique's long-ruling Frelimo party was sworn in as president on Wednesday at a sparsely attended ceremony, as...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa - South African rescuers have pulled out 36 dead bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine deep underground in...

OUIDAH, Benin - Modeste Zinsou, manager of Benin's Python Temple, gently drapes a live snake around a visitor's neck at the country's...

JOHANNESBURG -At least 400 illegal miners remained trapped underground in South Africa two months after a police raid, a group working on...

WAD MADANI, Sudan -Civilians and soldiers celebrated in Wad Madani, the capital of Sudan's El Gezira state, after it was recaptured by...

ADDIS ABABA - At least 71 people died in Ethiopia when a truck packed with passengers plunged into a river, according to the spokesperson...

The Sudanese government has suspended its participation in the global hunger-monitoring system on the eve of a report that’s expected to...