The remains of six of the 45 bus crash victims from Botswana will be handed over to the families for repatriation in Mokopane, in South Africa's (SA) Limpopo province.
The presidential candidate of Ghana's ruling party, Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia, says he is opposed to the practice of homosexuality, a stance he has promised to maintain if elected in December.
The Security Council committee evaluating the Palestinian Authority’s latest bid to become a full member of the United Nations (UN) has failed to reach a consensus after two rounds of closed-door discussions.
South Africa's (SA) opposition, Democratic Alliance (DA), has won its case against the Electoral Commission (IEC) to ensure more voting stations abroad for the May 29 general elections.
Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Tanzanian counterpart, Yusuf Makamba, reiterated their commitment to expanding bilateral relations this week.
Military instructors and personnel from Russia's Defence Ministry arrived in Niger this Wednesday, Niger State television RTN said, in a further sign the West African country is building closer relations with Moscow like its junta-led neighbours.
Malian political parties and civil society groups jointly rejected yesterday the ruling junta's order to suspend political activities and vowed to mount a legal challenge to what one opposition politician called the "dictatorial" move.
Kenya's drug regulator is recalling a batch of Johnson & Johnson children's cough syrup, it said on Thursday, a day after Nigeria recalled the same batch of medication under the Benylin Paediatric brand.
Dozens of prisoners escaped from a prison in the Comoros capital Moroni this Thursday morning by walking out of the main gate, the Public Prosecutor and government said.