Africa

Researchers are baffled at the deaths of elephants in Botswana as the cause remains unknown.

Agrima Tikader Jul 02, 2020

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

Agrima Tikader Aug 13, 2019

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

Michael Jennings Aug 30, 2018

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

Karen Noronha Mar 03, 2018

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

Vasudevan Sridharan Feb 17, 2018

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

Neil Murphy Feb 13, 2018

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

Jordan Bhatt Feb 09, 2018

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

Vasudevan Sridharan Feb 05, 2018

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

Vasudevan Sridharan Feb 04, 2018

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

Vasudevan Sridharan Feb 01, 2018

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

Roger Baird Jan 25, 2018

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

James Hetherington Jan 18, 2018

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.

William Watkinson Jan 15, 2018

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

Jan 15, 2018

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.

Charlotte Tobitt Jan 12, 2018

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.

James Tennent Jan 11, 2018

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.

Vasudevan Sridharan Jan 08, 2018

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

Kashmira Gander Dec 27, 2017

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.

Charlotte Tobitt Dec 21, 2017

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

Vasudevan Sridharan Dec 21, 2017

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

Karen Noronha Nov 26, 2017

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.

Martin Kenney Nov 21, 2017

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

Ludovica Iaccino Nov 20, 2017

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

Charlotte Tobitt Nov 16, 2017

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

Ben Skipper Nov 12, 2017

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.

James Tennent Oct 19, 2017

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.

Vasudevan Sridharan Oct 11, 2017

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

Ludovica Iaccino Sep 11, 2017

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

James Billington Aug 30, 2017

A series of 'alcohol challenge' videos have emerged on the internet in recent days.

Jordan Bhatt Aug 21, 2017