Africa

Reports from Nigeria's north-western state of Kaduna say gunmen have shot dead at least 18 people and injured more than...

More than 105,000 people have been arrested in Zimbabwe since March for violating regulations aimed at curbing the spread of...

Two Malagasy lawmakers, one member of the senate and one deputy, have died after contracting coronavirus, President Andry Rajoelina is...

The Federal Government of Nigeria says it will not be forced to reopen schools as it battles to curb the...

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sacked his Health Minister Obadiah Moyo for “inappropriate conduct” over a $60m (£48m) medicines supply...

President Umaro Sissoco Embaló election win has been contested by his rival Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco...

Saudi Arabia has banned international visitors from making the Islamic pilgrimage, or Hajj this year due to the Coronavirus pandemic....

There were 717 rapes in Nigeria between January and May this year, amounting to one rape every five hours, the...

Nigerian police say they have arrested a man after 40 people were raped in one town over the period of...

The president of South Africa has warned that the country’s coronavirus outbreak is going to get much worse, while announcing...