At least 22 people have died and over 27,000 livestock have perished in Kolla Tembien, Central Tigray, as a prolonged drought tightens its grip on the war-affected region, local officials told Addis ...

Hundreds of Liberians, led by youth groups and elderly women are staging a peaceful protest in Monrovia to demand tougher ...

Ghana has declared three days of national mourning after two government ministers were killed in a military helicopter crash ...

Egypt is "scrambling to create obstacles" following Ethiopia's announcement that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is set to be inaugurated soon, according to Engineer Asheber Balcha, CEO of ...

Inter Press Service, Johannesburg ...

Minister of Public Works Dean Macpherson is expected to respond to the details of an explosive exposé by Daily Maverick of an attempted bribery of one of its investigative journalists by the suspended ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) reportedly suspended flights to and from Sudan as of yesterday morning, a move that comes after the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused the Gulf country of ...

Three months after the first group of Afrikaner 'refugees' left for the US, many have gone to ground. A handful are speaking openly about their new lives.

The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has extended heartfelt condolences to the Government and people of Ghana following Wednesday's tragic helicopter crash, which ...

President Museveni has announced that the government will purchase the Mayuge Sugar Factory for Busoga sugarcane farmers.

The "smuggling" of cement, rice, and petroleum products--classified by the government as "political goods"--continues to escalate across Liberia's borders, raising concerns about commodity shortages ...

Opinion - For over a decade, the global humanitarian community has promoted "localization": a shift of power and funding to local actors. From the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit to initiatives like ...