Africa
Congolese doctor, Yazidi activist win Nobel Peace Prize 2018 for combating sexual violence
Denis Mukwege, a doctor who helps victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi rights ...Anti-graft activists march against Malawi president
Several hundred anti-graft activists took to the streets of Malawi on Friday to protest against alleged corruption in the government of President ...127 dead after Tanzania ferry capsizes on Lake Victoria
The official death toll rose to 127 after a badly overcrowded ferry capsized on Lake Victoria, Tanzanian authorities said Friday, as a ...Ethiopia, Eritrea reopen border points for first time in 20 years
The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea re-opened crossing points on their shared border for the first time in 20 years on Tuesday, ...Ebola death toll rises to 75 in DR Congo
The death toll from an outbreak of Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 75, the health ministry said ...Malians vote for president amid worsening insecurity
Malians voted on Sunday to decide whether or not to give President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita a second term, amid widespread ethnic and ...Black and white Zimbabwe farmers try to bridge a sharp divide
Two years ago, a black Zimbabwean farmer saw a white farmer thrown off land by a violent mob. Now the two work ...Ethiopia hopes Eritrea peace will bring prosperity
Eighteen years after the guns fell silent following Ethiopia\'s bloody border war with Eritrea, the frontier town of Zalambessa is a quiet, ...Champagne as historic commercial flight links Ethiopia and Eritrea
Ethiopia and Eritrea on Wednesday resumed commercial airline flights for the first time in two decades, with emotions spilling over into the ...Bitter foes Ethiopia, Eritrea hold historic peace talks
The leaders of bitter foes Ethiopia and Eritrea met on Sunday, hugging and smiling for cameras in Eritrea\'s capital as officials on ...