Africa

Zambia president pardons ex-defence minister jailed for corruption

Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba was freed on medical grounds amid a social media storm on the state of his he

Somalia-US launch deadly air strikes in battle to recapture key town

The air raids come a day the al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group claimed it had captured the strategic

'Terrorists' burn homes, churches in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province

Since 2017, the gas-rich region has been experiencing armed violence that has displaced 10,000 peopl

Nigeria, Niger foreign ministers discuss terrorist threats amid diplomatic tensions

The talks focused on the terror threat along their borders, "which constitutes a real obstacle to th

South Africa defends envoy to US who called Trump racist, homophobic

‘Political issues such as the tariff situation should be kept separate from personal opinions,’

Mali shuts Canadian mining giant's office in tax standoff

Barrick Gold said it had signed an agreement presented by the Malian government in February, but the