A self-proclaimed preacher in Kenya linked to an infamous starvation cult that killed more than 400 people was charged on Wednesday over a further 52 deaths, prosecutors said.
Libya granted several foreign companies new oil exploration and production licences for the first time in 17 years on Wednesday, after more than a decade of political instability.
General Ashraf Salem Zaher, the former head of the Egyptian Military Academy -succeeds General Abdelmeguid Saqr, and will lead a merged ministry for defence and military production - the latter previously its own entity governing Egypt's sizable military economy
Iran's president vowed on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic would not yield to outside aggression, as it marked the anniversary of the 1979 revolution with events overshadowed by the looming threat of US military action.
A drone strike blamed on Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed two children and injured 12 others Wednesday in the southern Kordofan city of El-Rahad, a medical source told AFP.
Tensions are mounting in the Arctic after several European countries deployed small troop contingents to Greenland, following repeated comments by President Donald Trump about wanting to annex the island.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has not "sold off" its vast mineral wealth to the United States under an agreement granting Washington access to its reserves, the country's mining minister said on Wednesday, at a time of intensifying global competition among major powers for critical resources.
At least 20 people have been killed after Cyclone Gezani tore into Madagascar with violent winds and torrential rain. The storm made landfall Tuesday in the coastal city of Toamasina, packing winds of up to 250 kilometres per hour.
Cameroon's President Paul Biya announced on Tuesday evening a "slight readjustment" of the timing of legislative and municipal elections that were expected at the start of February
The Chinese community in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja staged a temple fair on Saturday along with Nigerian partners to celebrate the Spring Festival and 55 years of bilateral diplomatic relations.
A shooting at a school in British Columbia left seven people dead, while two more were found dead at a nearby home, Canadian authorities said Tuesday. A woman who police believe to be the shooter also was killed.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Tuesday called on both Ethiopia and Eritrea to take urgent steps towards de-escalation, amid the precarious situation in the Tigray region,” the UN Human Rights Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani told the bi-weekly press conference in Geneva tod
The United States is set to deploy around 200 troops to Nigeria to assist in training the country’s military to combat Islamist militant groups, according to a U.S. official on Tuesday.
Kenya said Tuesday its foreign minister would go to Moscow next month after condemning recruiters luring Kenyans to Russia with promises of lucrative jobs, only to end up fighting alongside its forces