Sub-Saharan Africa in global lead with cases of child marriages
Sierra Leone, Central African Republic and Chad has some of the highest rates of child marriage globally, a new research from child...
Kenya court rules IEBC must allow another candidate in poll re-run
A Kenyan High Court has ruled that the election board should include another candidate in presidential poll re-run ordered by the Supreme...
Ethiopia base in Somalia attacked by al-Shabab
Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab says it has killed 60 Ethiopian soldiers in an attack on an African Union base in central...
Activists: Kiir-Machar Proposal Would Undo South Sudan Peace Deal
Civil society activists in South Sudan are angry over an opinion piece apparently penned by President Salva Kiir and First Vice President...
UN calls for Eritrea leaders to be tried for crimes against humanity
UN human rights investigators accused Eritrean leaders on Wednesday of crimes against humanity including torture, rape, murder and...
Nigerian chaos leaves refiners cold and oil unsold amid outages
LONDON (Reuters) - Refineries from India to the United States are backing away from buying Nigerian oil amid heightened uncertainty about...
Chad deploys 2,000 soldiers to troubled Niger
Troops sent across border to tackle Boko Haram in Niger after group invades Bosso town, forcing 50,000 to flee. About 2,000 troops from...
Can Fragile Peace Hold in South Sudan?
South Sudan, which became independent in 2011, has halted its civil war by putting the leaders of both sides together in a transitional...
South Sudan Cease-fire Panel Accuses President's Forces of Violations
JUBA—Two weeks after the former warring parties in South Sudan's conflict formed the Transitional Government of National Unity,...
Somali plane hit by bomb, meant to kill all on board: minister
A blast that punched a hole in the fuselage of a plane this week was caused by a bomb meant to kill everyone on board, Somalia's minister...