Africa

Refugee arrivals in Burundi hit decades-high as more flee DRC crisis

The number of refugees in need of food assistance has doubled since January as the World Food Progra

Mozambique president, opposition's Mondlane agree to 'end all violence'

Mozambique opposition leader Venancio Mondlane has said he and President Daniel Chapo have agreed to

Ghana VP Opoku-Agyemang becomes country's first female chair of military council

The council, mandated by the 1992 Constitution, advises the president on defence and strategy matter

DRC: More than 8,500 people killed in latest wave of violence

DRC Health Minister Samuel-Roger Kamba says that over 5,700 have also been wounded.

Senegal arrests pro-Sall MP over alleged money laundering

A Senegalese opposition MP close to former President Macky Sall has been charged and jailed in Dakar

Sudan cholera outbreak kills 70 people in one week

At least 70 people have died from cholera and more than 2,200 others have been infected in southern