Unusual weather and climate conditions, including widespread and heavy rains since October 2019, have contributed to a serious and widespread Desert locust outbreak, which threatening rural food security across East Africa.

The …

Police in Jinja is investigating the incident in which a four storeyed building complex located on School lane off Ghokale road, in Jinja Municipality, collapsed at about 1730hrs on 15th January 2020. …

Malawi's anti-graft body said Monday it probed alleged attempts to bribe judges tackling a case linked to a controversial election which handed President Peter Mutharika a second term.

The opposition Malawi Congress …

In many homes around Jebel Boma County, dinner consists of bitter-tasting leaves that can be picked off the bushes outside. The leaves are neither filling nor nutritious, but in South Sudan's Jebel …

YAOUNDE - Cameroon says 10 Nigerians were killed Monday when a grenade exploded near a market on the two countries' border. Authorities denied local media reports of suicide bombings and said the …

NAIROBI - Islamic extremists killed three U.S. military personnel Sunday when they attacked a military based used by U.S. and Kenyan forces along the border with Somalia.

The extremists stormed past a …

BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau's historic ruling party appealed to the Supreme Court on Friday after its champion lost in the volatile West African country's presidential elections.

Domingos Simoes Pereira, head of the PAIGC …

At least 48 people were killed and more than 200 wounded in tribal fighting in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur, the Red Crescent said on Thursday.

The armed clashes broke out on Sunday night …