Africa

Nigeria cuts back electricity sales to overseas customers to boost domestic supply

Nigeria's electricity regulator has ordered the grid operator to cut back supplies to customers overseas to boost ...

The number of people killed by flooding and other impacts of the heavy rains battering Kenya has risen to 228, the interior ministry said on Sunday.

M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have taken control of Rubaya, a key mining town for the smartphone mineral coltan, following days of intense fighting, a ...

Rwandan High Commissioner to SA calls for robust legal framework ... Rwandan High Commissioner to SA calls for robust legal framework to deal with global ...

Calls for world to take action at Remember.Unite.Renew commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in which ...

Nigeria recalls J&J children's cough syrup over toxic substance Nigeria recalls J&J children's cough syrup over toxic substance

Nigeria's health regulator is recalling a batch of Johnson & Johnson children's cough syrup after finding an ...

Clinging to ropes, passengers escape bus swept away by Kenya ... Clinging to ropes, passengers escape bus swept away by Kenya floodwater

Passengers on a bus that was swept downstream by floodwater on Tuesday in Kenya's east clung to ropes as they crossed ...