Girls in conflict-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are joining armed groups because they cannot afford to go to school, while former girl soldiers...
Schoolgirls on Ibo island, part of the Quirimbas archipelago, Mozambique. Photograph: Julian Love/Alamy
Police in Mozambique say they have stopped an attempt to traffic two...
Donald Trump with his wife, Melania. The soon-to-be First Lady grew up in Slovenia, which is overwhelmingly Catholic
Pope Francis dodged a question about what...
South African President Jacob Zuma arrives for a meeting with President Robert Mugabe in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 3,2016. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
South African President Jacob Zuma...
Gilbert Adum leads Ghana's "Save the Frog" organization
Ghana is home to over 80 frog species, but environmentalists say the amphibians are disappearing. Now one...
Photo Credit: Tanzania, State House
Tanzania's First Lady Janet Magufuli has been discharged from hospital.
A statement from the government said doctors at the state hospital,...
Nigeria's operational headquarters is in Maiduguri. Photo Credit: AFP
A bomb has exploded in Nigeria’s north-eastern city of Maiduguri at Ummarari.
Witnesses say about three to four...
The Director-General of National Population Commission, NPC, Ghaji Bello, has revealed that Nigeria’s population was currently 182 million.
He said half of its people is...
Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers.
The apartments have been constructed to...
Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered.
The significant number of recoveries means the country now...
Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million.
Moyo is accused of illegally...
