The M23 said the recruits included Congolese soldiers who surrendered when fighting escalated this year and the local militia members who fought with them but rights groups fear that prisoners of war ...

Vote counting has begun following the closure of polling stations at 14:00 GMT in Malawi's crucial presidential election.

Malawians cast their votes on Tuesday in elections to choose a president, lawmakers and local government representatives ...

A court in Lusaka has sentenced two men to two years in prison with hard labour for attempting to kill the country's ...

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan accused the country’s political elites of looting public revenues.

President Donald Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times and four of its journalists on ...

Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent ...

In a landmark move to address one of the most persistent threats to its security, Somalia has launched its first-ever ...

It's the first national vote since a 2019 presidential election was nullified and redone a year later because of widespread irregularities. The election features the same two main candidates that face ...

The bank is accused of having provided financial support to Omar al-Bashir’s government in the 1990s and 2000s.

Local authorities on the southern frontier of the European Union report a "very frustrating situation" as over 1,100 migrants ...

As Malawians head to the polls, voters in Lilongwe are frustrated by ongoing fuel shortages and rising inflation.