Africa

Coupé-Décalé musician DJ Arafat succumbed to injuries sustained in a road accident.

May is the latest in a long line of prime ministers who have evoked the potential of "Africa" for their own political purposes.

Known as a corporate raider, Bollore is one of France's richest men, with a net worth of $6.6 billion.

On 20 December 2013, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared 3 March of every year as the International Wildlife Day.

Hailemariam Desalegn announced that he was stepping down to quell months-long unrest in the landlocked African nation.

German study finds red-fronted lemurs from Madagascar can differentiate between species.

Emergency exit door comes loose and crashes on to runway as aircraft lands in Nigerian capital of Abuja.

The ruling party's senior figures hold emergency meeting with the South African president urging him to resign.

Initially, up to 20,000 refugees, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea, will receive notices.

The southwestern African nation's economy is in dire straits following the plunge in global commodity prices.

Uganda's leader has backed the US President's use of the term "shithole" to describe Haiti and a number of other African nations.

Hundreds of Guinean women desperate to have children claim they were tricked out of their wages by faith healer N'na Fanta Camara.

A 9-year-old girl has died from suspected Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in the central district of Nakaseke, in Uganda, a health official has stated.

Madagascar is home to all the world's 113 lemur species with 90% of wildlife on the island found nowhere else on Earth.

Donald Trump reportedly asked "Why do we want all these people from 'shithole countries' coming here?" during a White House meeting, and the world reacted with shock and anger.

Multiple reports from US media have said that during a meeting on immigration President Donald Trump asked why immigrants from "sh*thole" African nations came to the US.

An estimated 5,500 Nigerians are set to be flown back in the next three weeks after they spent months or years in cruel living conditions in Libyan detention centres.

But some Angolans fear that as the dance has spread across the world, it has become misunderstood

Christmas charity song title and lines including "Tonight, thank God, it's them instead of you" slammed by critics for perpetuating sense of White Man's Burden.

The newly inaugurated Zimbabwean president says a drive against corruption will dominate the first few months of his office.

Animal rights group Peta released a video showing the merciless killing of donkeys using a sledgehammer.

Despite being called out for 'relentless embezzlement and extortion', Equatorial Guinea's vice president walked away from a French court with a suspended jail sentence.

Africa recognising importance of promoting women's rights and empowerment, but more has to be done, Vera Songwe tells IBTimes UK.

Four African countries are the riskiest places to travel in the world according to an updated travel risk map for 2018.

Malawi has become the tenth African country to be put on high alert over fears the pneumonic plague could spread there from Madagascar.

The grant, along with that of others, totalled $3.45m for a fundraising campaign.

Hundreds have been infected by the latest plague outbreak in the island nation with the World Health Organisation ramping up efforts to tackle the deadly disease.

Authorities at the Bwabwata National Park suspect the death toll will go up as it is possible that some of the carcasses were eaten by crocodiles.

New initiative to raise funds for rehabilitation centres in three African countries.

Pornography Control Committee introduced to stamp out online porn and those who watch it.