In recent months, the military has suffered its heaviest defeats in years, commanders have been repeatedly...

Nearly a million people were driven from their homes in the weeks of violence between the Oromos and...

The vast country has never known a peaceful transition of power since it gained independence from Belgium...

Islamist insurgencies have wreaked havoc in the Sahel, Nigeria and Somalia, and - on several bloody occasions...

One of the world's most feared diseases, Ebola is a virus-caused haemorrhagic fever that in extreme...

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former ally of Robert Mugabe, narrowly won the country's...

The opposition MDC party Tuesday claimed victory for its candidate Nelson Chamisa in the historic ballot...

Nelson Chamisa, and President Emmerson Mnangagwa were the main contenders in Monday’s election,...

The European Union, the United States and the Commonwealth have sent observers

Zimbabwe holds presidential and parliamentary elections in which the top two contenders, President Emmerson...

The election will see 75-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa face 40-year-old Nelson Chamisa, a lawyer...

Polls, which are unreliable, give former intelligence chief Mnangagwa a slim lead over Chamisa

The development will be a boon not only to Somaliland but also its landlocked neighbour Ethiopia - a...

Putin said the two leaders planned to meet on the sidelines of a summit in Argentina later this year...

The election campaign has been largely peaceful, and the UN welcomed the fact that authorities had allowed...

'The most extraordinary thing about Nelson Mandela was his ordinariness. He was just a particularly...

On Sunday, the two African countries agreed to end a near 20-year military standoff

Police were not immediately available for comment

The rally was being held in Ethiopia’s capital in support of the 41-year-old ex-soldier who has...

The event was hailed around the world and by celebrity supporters such as George Clooney

Police said that incident showed 'elements of extremism' but did not otherwise comment on the...