Africa

The results of Kenya’s much-awaited presidential election will be known shortly, the electoral body has…

With almost half of the results from Kenya’s presidential election now confirmed, the two main…

Kenya’s electoral body has limited access to the national tallying centre in order to speed…

Kenyans still do not know who their next president will be more than 45 hours…

Provisional results suggest a tight presidential race in Kenya between Deputy President William Ruto and…

South African authorities have charged seven men with 32 counts of rape after a mass…

The US secretary of state has said Washington will “not dictate” which choices Africa should…

Ugandan officials have banned a prominent LGBT rights group in a major setback for the…

Army helicopters have been deployed in Madagascar to search for a criminal gang that killed…

The Nigerian army says it has found two more of the female students abducted by…

On average nearly one person an hour is shot dead in South Africa, experts say….

Tunisia has voted to hand sweeping new powers to the country’s president, in a move…

Ten people have died during protests against a UN peacekeeping force in Butembo in the…

Polls have now closed in Tunisia’s referendum on a controversial new constitution, with initial results…

Zimbabwe’s central bank has launched gold coins in an effort to help curb soaring inflation…