Residents in the eastern city of Bukavu pray for peace as fighting with Rwandan backed rebels bereaks out with renewed ...

Feb 7 (EFE) – Artists from several African cities gathered today at Tipo Studio in Nairobi to paint a mural in tribute to the ...

See 12 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

On the streets I once walked and drove down daily, near the shopping centre where I bought my groceries, dead bodies lay ...

More than 100 female inmates of an African prison were raped and burned alive during a jailbreak, the United Nations said.

What is a continent? We think of it as a large body of land surrounded by the sea, aka, ocean. There are a few continent sized countries. Australia is the only continent that is also one country.

This much is evident in the other elephants that have taken up residence in Nigeria’s palatial sitting room in recent times. Namely, the protracted legal tussle over the Mambilla Hydro-electric ...

Leaders from eastern and southern Africa on Saturday called for an immediate ceasefire in eastern Congo, where rebels are ...

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution to a conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels’ rapid ...

Supported by It was one of the deadliest battles in decades in the Democratic Republic of Congo. After the city of Goma fell to a rebel group known as M23 last week, the International Red Cross ...

Summit may bring Congo and Rwanda leaders together for first time UN warns conflict in eastern Congo could inflame the region Rebel advance sparks panic in Bukavu, other eastern towns Feb 6 ...