Africa

WHO worried Ebola can ‘transmit freely’ in DR Congo, as death toll hits 41

Raging conflict is hampering efforts to rein in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the WHO chief…

Arms, investment and ‘instructors’: Russia boosts Africa role

  by Maxime Popov with AFP bureaus in Africa © Agence France-Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Touting military cooperation and "instructors,"…

Mali counts votes after poll worker slain

by Clément SABOURIN Agence France Presse BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) -- Vote counting was underway across Mali on Monday after a…

Mali counts votes after poll worker slain

  by Clément Sabourin Agence France-Presse BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) -- Vote counting was under way across Mali on Monday after a…

Zambia deports top Zimbabwe opponent Biti, defying court order: lawyer

  LUSAKA, Zambia (AFP) -- Zambian authorities on Thursday defied a court order stopping them from deporting top Zimbabwe opposition figure…

Nine confirmed dead in DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak: ministry

  BENI, DR Congo (AFP) -- Nine confirmed Ebola victims have died since the virus resurfaced in the Democratic Republic of…

Nearly 250,000 people couldn’t vote ‘for various reasons’: Mali govt

  BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) -- The Mali government on Monday published a list of 871 polling stations which were unable to…

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo believed to have killed 33: health ministry

  KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) -- A new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is…

Mnangagwa hails ‘new beginning’ after Zimbabwe election win

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) -- Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Friday that he was "humbled" to have won the country's landmark election,…

Candidates in Mali poll to contest ‘irregular’ results

BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) - A majority of the contenders to become Mali's next president said on Wednesday they will not…

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