This is the first article in a two-part series on the history, context and key features of the proposed independence constitution that is in the process of being developed for Bougainville ...

Israel's defence minister warned Sunday that the truce that ended more than a year of fighting with Lebanon's Hezbollah is at ...

Jimmy Carter was the first U_S_ president to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa, declaring “the day of the so-called ...

Following Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan's denial of famine, Adam Rijal, spokesman for the General Coordination for Displaced Persons and Refugees, stressed that famine in Zamzam Camp, located in El ...

I was delighted. The tension and fear that had seared through my body vanished. The arena burst into sudden screams of joy, ...

President William Ruto (centre), his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni (left) and the African Union Commission Chairperson candidate Raila Odinga (right) cut a ribbon to officially launch the 20,000 ...

After getting independence from Sudan in 2011, South Sudan took over three-quarters of its oil reserves and can produce more ...

South Sudan plans to resume pumping crude oil it hopes to export after fighting in neighbouring Sudan ruptured a key pipeline earlier this year, according to documents seen by AFP Tuesday.

The late president, in Sudan in 2010, often went to places with refugees, poverty, disease and despair to see and bear ...