Africa

The family of Salome Karwah, a Liberian Ebola nurse named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” in 2014 are ready to sue a hospital whose staff they say were too …

President Jacob Zuma of South Africa will not suspend the head of the prosecution service for lying and then withdrawing corruption charges against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, the presidency said …

Egypt’s top court of appeal has declared Hosni Mubarak “not guilty” of involvement in the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ended his 30-year rule, the final ruling …

Kenyan soldiers killed 57 Islamist militants during a fight in southern Somalia on Wednesday, a military spokesman said. Kenyan troops under the African Union command used artillery and helicopter gunships …

Zimbabwe’s High Court has outlawed corporal punishment for children both at school and in the home. The ruling comes after a parent complained that her child in grade one, a …

Runtown’s Mad Over You single has grown on literally everyone. People have been asking, what exactly is shito? This is the infamous shito coupled with a great recipe you can …

Emojis are quickly becoming a universal language – they’re literally everywhere. But most emojis are frustratingly eurocentric and African emojis, while upcoming, are not even half as popular. That’s why three …

President Alpha Conde of Guinea fired three ministers, in a decree read on state television on Monday. This action was initiated by a violent protest over a teachers’ strike last …

South African President Jacob Zuma has condemned acts of violence between citizens and non-nationals, especially xenophobic attacks, his office said on Friday. There have been various reports of sporadic xenophobic …

North Sinai province of Egypt has become unsafe for Christian families and students who have been fleeing the region since Friday after Islamic State killed the seventh member of their …