For nine-months, 27-year-old Lydia Kamati was knowingly in a relationship with an HIV-positive man. She knew about his HIV-positive status...

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari flagged off the Future Assured Initiative, Free Health Screening for Women, at Loyola College...

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The Economic Freedom Fighters are set to launch their 2016 Local Elections manifesto in Orlando, Soweto on 30 April. Watch a live stream of...

Soweto's 40‚000-seater Orlando Stadium is officially full‚ as the Economic Freedom Fighters rally to launch their manifesto for the...

  Papa Wemba, known around the world as the "king of Congolese rumba", has died after collapsing on stage during a concert. Th...

At least 62 Rwandan-owned shops have been looted in the the riots which have spread to nine poor neighbourhoods, police added. Many Zambian...

Corruption ,  state capture,  and scandal lie at the core of demands for President Jacob Zuma to go. The dominant narrative is that he...

People use a pole to batter a shop doorway during clashes with police in Lusaka April 19, 2016. Image by:  REUTERS Hundreds of people...

 The western region has been mired in conflict since 2003 when ethnic minority insurgents rebelled against Bashir's Ar...

Niger's incumbent President Mahamadou Issoufou votes at a polling station during the country's presid...

President Buhari speaking at the opening ceremony of the China-Nigeria Business Forum in Beijing. More pics after cut...

  In a city known for violence, Fati Abubakar walks the streets of Maiduguri armed with a camera. Her mission: to rebuild the reputati...

The tiny southern African nation of Botswana is leading the way in treatment and containment of the virus that causes AIDS. It is ...