Piers Potter

Burkina Faso’s army has freed 66 women and children who were abducted earlier this month by Islamic extremists while gathering food in the country’s northern...

Hundreds of people gathered in central Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Friday, marched to demand the departure of the French ambassador to the country. Chanting...

Malawi’s worst cholera epidemic in decades has sparked massive demand for vaccines but stocks are reportedly running low. According to local media, citing the spokesperson...

Nemes Tarimo’s family in Tanzania warned him against agreeing to fight with Russian forces in Ukraine, but the 33-year-old had a big incentive to sign...

The Makelele Block was awarded to RED (part of the US Symbion Power group), the Lwandjofu Block to Alfajiri Energy Corporation (Canada), and the Idjwi...

Equatorial Guinea’s Vice-President Teodorin Obiang ordered the arrest of his half-brother after an inquiry found he had illegally sold a state-owned jet to a Spanish...

Crowds gathered in Washington DC, and across the United States, to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Americans pay tribute to the civil rights leader...

Sorgho said more than 50 women were taken on Thursday and Friday around Arbinda, in an area under blockade by jihadist groups and dependent on...

MOMO Pencils, based in Athi River, Machakos County, came up with an effective way to reduce the number of trees cut down every year to...

Police confirmed the arrests of members of the Citizens Coalition for Change, Zimbabwe’s main opposition political party. Zimbabwean police on Saturday fired teargas at an...