Category: Africa

ripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Jordan's ambassador to Libya was kidnapped Tuesday in central Tripoli, the foreign ministries of both nations said. Ambassador Fawaz al-Aytan and members of his security detail...

(CNN) -- Prosecutor Gerrie Nel went on the attack again Thursday, trying to discredit a defense witness for Oscar Pistorius on the last day of testimony before the court takes...

The Gambia Tourism Board, GTBoard, Director-General, Mr. Benjamin Roberts, has advised Nigerians planning to travel to The Gambia as tourists or for business, to take advantage of a range of...

When Syreeta McFadden was a child, she dreaded taking pictures after a family photo made her skin appear dulled and darkened. "In some pictures, I am a mud brown, in...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Associated Press has named Michelle Faul, who has covered the major stories of Africa over the past three decades, as its bureau chief in Nigeria. The...

As Chief Economist at a major international consulting firm, John Perkins advised the World Bank, United Nations, IMF, U.S. Treasury Department, Fortune 500 corporations, and countries in Africa, Asia, Latin...

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Tuesday described Monday's bomb attack on  Nyanya, a suburb of Abuja, as a national calamity. ACF, in a statement in Kaduna by its National Publicity...

Cairo (AFP) - Two bomb blasts in Cairo wounded six people including at least two policemen, the latest attacks since Egypt's Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was ousted. The first attack...

    Washington (AFP) - The United States praised the holding of successful elections in Guinea-Bissau as an "important step" towards a better future after years of political instability and...

Harare (AFP) - Zimbabwe's main opposition party on Thursday expelled a senior official who recently called on the party leader and former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai to step down. The...