Burundi says the RED-Tabara group staged an attack on December 22 near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing 20 people, including women and children. President Evariste...

The DRC called for the withdrawal despite United Nations concern about violence in the eastern part of the country. The UN Security Council voted in December to accede to Kinshasa's...

The Russian president will on Thursday host leaders of African countries for a summit in his native Saint Petersburg, as the continent braces for the consequences of Moscow's withdrawal from...

Hours earlier, Ramaphosa had said his African National Congress (ANC) had decided to withdraw South Africa from the International Criminal Court, which last month issued an arrest warrant against Russian...

The violence has left at least 420 dead and 3,700 injured, according to the World Health Organization. Battles raging in Sudan have sparked several evacuation operations to rescue foreign citizens...

Many Congolese think it likely he will bid for a fifth term in 2026 despite his advanced age. Three opposition parties in Congo-Brazzaville have joined forces ahead of the next...

The odds are stacked against the opposition, the Citizens Coalition for Change. The opposition party has accused the president of a crackdown on political opponents. Nelson Chamisa, a 45-year-old lawyer...

Bester was arrested last Friday by Tanzanian police along with a woman with whom he is reportedly romantically involved, and a Mozambican accomplice. A fugitive rapist and murderer who left...

Fresh clashes with M23 rebels erupted Wednesday near the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, according to officials, rupturing weeks of relative calm in the troubled region. A Tutsi-led group,...

Anti-French sentiment runs high in some former African colonies as the continent becomes a renewed diplomatic battleground, with Russian and Chinese influence growing in the region. Macron said France harboured...