Analysis - Burkina Faso is a west African dryland country known for its diverse ecosystems, including savannas, forests and wetlands. Large herbivores like elephant, giraffe and hippopotamus, and ...

Every school day, about 20 primary school children from Felrom Mfityini village in ward 7, a few kilometres outside Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape, walk for over an hour and have to cross a river ...

Aleper Consolata is a 35-year-old parasocial worker from Katileria Village, Loroo parish and a passionate advocate for the rights of girls.

In Ghana, dozens of artists have made their mark creating hand-painted movie posters that blend exaggerated horror with slapstick comedy. This unique art form began in the 1980s during Ghana's mobile ...

In a very short article that runs to just 126 words, including its headline, Media24's BloemNews deemed it appropriate to mention that the person arrested "for possession of illicit cigarettes" at a ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Friday said he was deeply alarmed by reports of summary executions of civilians - many from Darfur or Kordofan - in seven separate incidents, ...

The government is set to introduce Itorero, a traditional civic education program, for genocide convicts nearing the completion of their sentences.

Interview - A powerful new documentary at France's Fipadoc festival reveals Western Sahara's fight for independence through the story of Mariem Hassan, whose music became the voice of her people's ...

Your leadership is critical in this moment. Africa's future and survival depend on your ability to act swiftly, decisively, and together. Africa CDC remains committed to working with Your Excellencies ...

U.S. warplanes took aim at the Islamic State affiliate in Somalia, hitting what officials described as high-ranking operatives in the terror group's mountainous stronghold.

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