Africa | Africafrique

Egypt : Arrests prominent blogger amid crackdown on dissent

Egypt has detained prominent blogger and journalist Wael Abbas, the latest in a series of arrests targeting dissidents.

At least 15 people have died in Somaliland after heavy rains caused by tropical cyclone Sagar which landed in the

The South African government has struck a three-year wage deal with the unions representing public sector workers, agreeing to salary

More than 100 people were killed in a fiery crash of a Boeing 737 passenger plane in Cuba on Friday,

An Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo has a high risk of spreading internally, the World Health Organization

A peacekeeper was killed and eight others were injured Thursday during an attack on a convoy in the Central African

The Scottish parliament has decisively voted against the United Kingdom’s legislation on departure from the European Union (EU), placing London

The World Health Organization sent the first 4,000 doses of an Ebola vaccine to Congo on Wednesday, the first time

A court in Zambia has sentenced the son of former President Frederick Chiluba to eight months imprisonment with hard labour